Transatlantic Burden Sharing for the Western Balkans: The Route to Strategic Alignment Analysis The full and strategic alignment of policies and strategies between the United States and the EU regarding the Western Balkans region needs to be prioritized in the current challenging security context. It has worked before and will work again. By Alba Cela
Women don’t feel safe in earthquake housing in Diyarbakır outskirts Background Interview with Hamide Ayaz, whose house collapsed in the conflicts in Sur, Sociologist Mihriban İlbaş, and Selma Aslan, Co-Chair of the Diyarbakır Branch of the Chamber of Architects, about the earthquake houses undertaken by TOKİ and their impact on women's lives. By Evrim Deniz
Democratic Corrosion at the Heart of Europe E-Paper The Covid-19 pandemic crystalized the myriad challenges facing the modern world like few crises before it. Its impacts were so far reaching, its insights so diverse, that even the metaphors created to understand it spun off their own field of study. pdf
The never-ending debate of the European Army and why it is unhelpful Analysis Ever since its first proposal in the 1950s, the European army has been a ghost in the system of European Defence debates. But it is an unhelpful and distracting concept for the challenges that the EU and Europe more broadly are currently facing. By Ulrike Franke
Hard Power or Diplomatic Power? Europe Has Faded From the World Stage Analysis Whether hard power projection or diplomacy, Europe’s role on the world stage might already have evaporated. This article analyses three aspects of a dwindling Europe in the global security realm. By Daniel Peter
Silencing Voices in Italy: The Erosion of Media Freedom Report Italy's media is in crisis, battling legal onslaughts and facing a surge of censorship one year after the establishment of the far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni. By Sielke Kelner
‘Fire on fire’: how migrants got blamed for Greece’s devastating blazes Climate Disinformation Media Fellowship 2023 In August, wildfires in Evros killed a group of people, including children, passing along a well-trodden migration route. Locals and politicians made the victims scapegoats for the disaster. First piece of our 2023 Climate Disinformation Fellowship by Giorgos Christides and Katy Fallon. Photos by Alexandros Avramidis. By Katy Fallon
Value Addition in the Context of Mineral Processing Study This report takes a look at metal processing on the basis of six exemplary metals, which are essential to achieve decarbonisation. pdf
Election in Poland: Politics against women Commentary Reproductive rights are a political issue in Poland. This is particularly visible in the election campaign, which makes it all the more surprising that many women do not want to vote.
"Elections in Slovakia: Fico is dangerous, but he knows the power of social protest" Interview With the return of former Prime Minister Fico, old authoritarian patterns could resurface in the upcoming elections. However, progressives also have a chance to win. By Jan Philipp Albrecht , Adéla Jurečková and Zuzana Kepplová