What is the Future of Austrian Security Policy?

For the longest time, Austria has enjoyed a relatively stable internal security environment. The country is predominantly adjacent to democratic neighboring states that are...

EU-Swiss Relations: Good or Bad Neighbors? It‘s Complicated

On May 15, 2022, the Swiss electorate voted for the adoption of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation and repealing Regulations. This referendum...

A Bosnian Colapse Dooming?

As the general and presidential elections in October draw closer in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tensions between the constituting ethnic groups are rising. While the...

Maximizing the momentum: Europe’s security dilemma and the new Strategic Compass

Emergence of a European security strategy Almost eighteen years after the EU adopted its first security strategy (ESS), six years after its predecessor – the...

Via the EU: European Accession Talks in North Macedonia and Ukraine

On her official visit to Kyiv on June 8, 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that “we are with you...

Montenegro at a Crossroads: How Tight is the Grip of the Past on its...

Just fourteen months after the beginning of its mandate, the Montenegrin government led by Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić imploded due to a vote of...

Turkish Drone Diplomacy: From Ethiopian Highlands to Ukrainian Trenches

Despite being affected by a chronic economic crisis, Ankara has tremendously increased its investments to support a burgeoning domestic arms industry. This development has...

The AKP Era: The Troubled Relationship Between Misogyny and the Istanbul Convention

On July 1st 2021, Turkey withdrew from the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence, also...

Nordstream 2: From Commercial Project to Russia’s Geopolitical Gamble

“These days, energy policy is always geopolitical,” asserted German Vice-Chancellor and Economic Affairs and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck of the Green Party. He...

Polexit will not happen, but Poland will continue to challenge the EU

When in 966, Mieszko, a local duke from the Western Slavic tribe of Poland, adopted Christianity by employing the Western Latin rite, he not...

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