Tag: Europe
89 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Turkey-Greece Relations: Growing Tensions and Implications for Transatlantic Relations
The history of Turkey-Greece bilateral relations has been fraught with diplomatic tensions and conflict, interrupted by brief moments of peace and calm. In fact, the bilateral…
November 10, 2020
- Society & Culture
PART II: Encounters of Humans and Hidden Powers in Sacrosanct Places
Some claim that education, technological progress, and a scientific worldview slowly uproot the supernatural. However, arguments about the veracity of folklore do not get us very…
August 6, 2020
- Society & Culture
PART I: Encounters of Humans and Hidden Powers in Sacrosanct Places
For centuries, Icelanders observed a set of rituals and rites in their relationships with certain hidden beings, often called elves (pl. álfar, s. álfur) or hidden people (pl.…
July 30, 2020
- Global Governance
COVID-19 Management and Soft Power: Ideas for a Geopolitics of Science and Expertise
Countries such as Germany, South Korea, and New Zealand, where policies have been adopted rapidly by the political leadership in synergy with the scientific community, have seen…
July 14, 2020
- Global Governance
PART II: Pursuing Wickedness: Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda in Romania
A 2018 study by the Polish think tank EAST Center and the NGO Ukrainian Prism concluded that Romanians are not easily affected by such bombardments despite the Kremlin’s…
June 11, 2020
- Global Governance
PART I: Pursuing Wickedness: Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda in Romania
Setting aside the absurd rhapsodizing, this is no mere revisionist history but a message with both tactical and strategic aims, as is all of Russia’s comprehensive manipulation…
June 4, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Constitutional Courts, Democracy, and Judicial Independence in Europe
Although the first constitutional court was created in Austria in 1920, these institutions did not begin to disseminate across the European continent until after the Second World…
April 28, 2020
- Global Governance
The Libyan Conflict: A Priority for the European Union?
A Country Torn in Two A few years after the 2011 NATO strikes, Libya has been engulfed in civil war, causing the country to split in two. The UN-recognized Government of National…
April 10, 2020
- Business & Economics
The Causes, Effects, and Manifestations of the Money Laundering Problem in the Former Soviet Union
Where is the illegal money coming from? In most of these cases, the source of the illicit assets was Russia or another country in the former Soviet Union. According to Russia…
February 21, 2020
- Science & Technology
What Has Changed in the Turkish Coal Mining Industry Five Years After the Soma Mine Disaster?
Since 2009, there has been a dramatic increase in casualty statistics in coal mine accidents. Before the SMD, several NGOs and government organizations published reports about…
February 19, 2020