In the early 1990s, Russia had a monopolistic position in the post-Soviet region. Now, the game of ‘post-Soviet chess’ is being played by several parties.
Strategising has gone missing from transatlantic relations. Once its essential part, it is now a profession for old-school craftsmen.
demosEUROPA - Centre For European Strategy together with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Warsaw office of European Council
On the 22nd of September 2013, the polls opened to 62 million Germans. 44 million accepted the invitation. The electoral turnout bounced back up to 71.6% following the post-war record low of 70.8% in 2009.
If there is one European country that wants more of the same from Germany after the federal election on September 22, it is Poland.
The authors of this report argue that further integration with the European Union is the key to the democratisation and the development of the Western Balkans.
In recent years it has been announced a number of times that the EU enlargement process in the Western Balkans would be halted.
The UK and Turkey can be called “lords of the ring” – they are important stakeholders in the external world simultaneously located on the institutional and geographical outskirts of Europe.
The world may not have become flat, just as the distance has not died, but globalization and interdependence are facts of life that hardly anyone can deny.
Beyond the exceptional circumstances of the crisis, Europe cannot continue to be run from a single power centre.
Twenty years after the Treaty of Maastricht created the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Europeans face the risk of being marginalised on the international scene.
Europe’s electorates continue on different trajectories. Further economic slowdown expected in the first half of this year, will exacerbate the tensions and intensify the blame-game.
