The Future of the ECB: From “Super Mario” to “Superwoman”
Christine Lagarde, new President of the European Central Bank, has inherited low interest rates, sluggish growth and a divided Council.
As of November 1, 2019,...
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...
Fractured Columns in the European Security Architecture
Security experts from around Europe sparred on the meaning and necessity of the OSCE at today’s DASICON panel, “The OSCE in the European Security...
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...
Armenia’s Old Wound – Will It Ever Heal?
This year, on 27 September, an old wound between Armenia and Azerbaijan was reopened. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, referred to as the Artsakh conflict by...
Head Bites Tail?
On March 31, Ukraine will hold its first presidential elections since 2014, the year in which the Maidan revolution plunged the country into years...
Democracy under Fire
The attacks against independent media and an upcoming controversial referendum pose serious risks to the future of Turkish democracy, experts told a Vienna audience...
The Never-ending Conflict
By: Raphaela Tiefenbacher (Guest Writer)
Why have we forgotten about Ukraine? Is it because the fighting has calmed down? The simple answer is no. Five...
An Endless Emergency
Paris is always Paris. The narrow cobblestone streets, crowded clubs, beautiful museums and baguettes all matched my expectations. Until the first group of soldiers...
Victor Orbán’s political agenda?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been the subject of extensive media coverage lately. What is occasionally labelled as anti-EU rhetoric on the subject...
