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...
Headline “BELARUS” – Story “LOCATION-DEPENDENT”
In the midst of mass demonstrations raging across Belarus, the heads of state and government of the European Union took a united stance on...
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...
Folly of a Nation: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
With the world’s preoccupation with COVID-19 and the subsequent economic and social crises, few people could have been prepared for one of the bloodiest...
German Politics in the Age of COVID-19: Managing an Unstable Advantage
The COVID-19 crisis has reshaped German politics. The effectiveness of Merkel’s measures was a blessing for her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). They...
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...
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...
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...
Media Pluralism and Media Freedom Under Threat in Hungary?
Enshrined in the European Charter on Fundamental Rights and in the European Convention of Human Rights, media freedom and media pluralism are inadmissible elements...
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...
