A Fight for a Democratic Europe: Belarus in Captivity Between East and West
As the 2024 European Union (EU) elections approach, questions and aspirations arise about the future of the Union in the context of war in...
A Europe-First Defense
Since the end of the Second World War, Europe’s progress towards ever-closer integration has manifested itself in an ecosystem of multilateral organizations. The European...
Drowning in the Fifth Wave: the Connection Between Right-Wing Extremism and Organized Crime in...
The looming fifth wave of terror carries the potential for greater lethality, enhanced organization, and a larger scale than waves preceding it. The reason...
Visegrad Four in Flux: Navigating Political Shifts and Regional Dynamics in Central and Eastern...
The geopolitical influence of Central and Eastern European nations has been on a steady ascent since the outbreak of a full-scale Russian invasion of...
EU’s Unlikely Strategic Autonomy: Macron and his 1,89 Percent
In an interview with POLITICO, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the need for Europe to decrease its reliance on the United States (US) and...
United No Longer? Why Scotland is Reconsidering its Role in the UK
Since Brexit took effect in 2020, the United Kingdom has gone through crisis after crisis. The island nation has notably gone through a recent...
Qatargate: EU’s Big Gas Headache
In December 2022, news broke out that Belgian police had raided homes and apartments of EU officials across Brussels. At first, four suspects were...
The Women of Ukraine: Between Agency and Victimhood
Mainstream, or better said “male-stream,” interpretations of war are gender blind and peripheralize women’s experiences during armed conflict. Structured by masculine assumptions, they obscure...
Maritime Crossroads: The Re-emergence of the Mediterranean as a Potential Source of Supply and...
After thirty years of marginalisation following the end of the Cold War, the Mediterranean is now experiencing a season of profound internal restructuring that...
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...
