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...
Polish-Polish War: The Thing About Unstoppable Divison
In 2016, the Polish singer Maria Peszek sang that when it comes to Polish society, “everything divides us, nothing connects us,” and she described...
The End of an Era – Angela Merkel’s Legacy
After more than 16 years in office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not run in the federal elections in September 2021. After four consecutive...
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...
The Bulgarian Crisis – Numerous Opinions, Zero Solutions
The challenges Bulgaria is facing are manifold. To make matters even worse, besides the health crisis and dire economic situation, there is the concern...
Losing Faith? The Role of the Catholic Church in Contemporary Poland
On the night of October 30, 2020, a peculiar atmosphere reigned in Poland’s capital Warsaw. The sky was lit up by the blue lights...
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...
The Farm to Fork Strategy: A Green Transition for the EU Common Agricultural Policy?
Lying at the heart of the European Commission's Green Deal, announced in March 2020 by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the Farm to...
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...
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...
