The Illusion of Being Informed: The News Find-Me Effect in the Algorithm Age
“Birds of a feather flock together.” This old saying feels particularly relevant in the algorithm-driven world of today’s media. We’re constantly surrounded by news...
Putin’s Hope for European Decadence
Russian intellectual elites have long engaged with the idea that Europe finds itself in a state of moral and cultural decline, which they project...
Mutually Assured Uncertainty: Russia, NATO, and the Role of Nuclear Signalling
Nuclear weapons are commonly considered one of the biggest threats to humanity. The father of the atomic bomb, Dr. Oppenheimer, even quoted: "I became...
Offshoring of the Asylum Processing – The EU and the Italo-Albanian Migration Agreement
On Wednesday, 16 October, 2024, an Italian Navy vessel carrying sixteen migrants of Egyptian and Bangladeshi origins arrived at the Albanian port of Shëngjin,...
A Realist’s Perspective on the Austrian Neutrality Discourse
Since the day Russian soldiers crossed the border into Ukraine, Austria’s neutrality has once again transformed into a highly controversial political topic. Given the...
How the Aliyev Regime Weaponises Trauma to Domesticate Its Nation
While global headlines fixate on the coercion of regimes in Kabul, Moscow, or Beijing, a more polished form of authoritarianism has quietly consolidated itself...
Sins of the Past and Problems of the Present: Poland’s Security Dilemma and Germany’s...
Since President Donald J. Trump’s second inauguration, Europe has been in a quagmire. Most European nations had previously defunded or minimised their armies, relying...
Fought but Unnamed
Today, politicians rarely refer to military conflicts they start as “war”, often using less direct terms. The reasons for this lie in the foundations...
Europe’s Bold Bet on a Special Tribunal for Ukraine: Can Politics Close the Gap...
On 24 February 2022, Russian troops crossed Ukraine’s borders. While the effects were immediate, the legal consequences were not. The International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Why Bulgaria Keeps Burying Its Dead Instead of Fixing the System That Kills Them
Coffins Per Million
In Bulgaria, we have coined a phenomenon “War on the roads”. A war. What war? War implies chaos, inevitability, an enemy beyond...
