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Fueling Instability: European Foreign and Energy Policies in the Wider Black Sea Area
22.3.08_fueling_instability.pdf — Downloaded 58 timesRussia's War on Ukraine and the Montreux Convention as Türkiye's International Law Instrument and Policy Tool for the Security of the Black Sea
22.3.07_montreux_convention.pdf — Downloaded 72 timesThe Growing Western Interest in the Black Sea
22.3.01_western_interests.pdf — Downloaded 43 timesThe Black Sea Power Struggle: Geopolitical Tensions in the 21st Century
22.3.04_geopolitical_tensions.pdf — Downloaded 82 timesRussia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Modern History of Belarusian Statehood
22.2.43_belarusian_statehood.pdf — Downloaded 210 timesThe Case for an Economic NATO
Introduction
The Russia-Ukraine war is, first and foremost, a military catastrophe, but it has also generated seismic economic impacts that have had global consequences. Aside from the huge costs of the war, estimated at up to US $ 600bn for Ukraine alone,[1] there are the indirect effects, such as surging energy, fuel, and food prices, created by knock-on disruptions of global supply chains
21.2.02_economic_nato.pdf — Downloaded 854 timesPolitical Analysis or Fortune-Telling by Crystal-Ball? Western Think Tanks' Challenges with Forecasting Putin's War
Introduction
The war in Ukraine revealed the ugly face of a Russia resembling a quasi-empire. This image was barely discussed in academia.
21.3.30_fortune-telling.pdf — Downloaded 1311 timesPutin’s Last War: Narratives, Counternarratives, and Early Lessons Learned
In the turmoil in the spring of 2014, immediately following the Revolution of Dignity, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on Crimea and instigated and supported the separatist activities in Donbas. Encouraged by Russia’s early successes in its war on Ukraine and the lukewarm approach of some Western countries to imposing sanctions, Putin ordered the massive February 2022 invasion, initially focused on Ukraine’s capital and leadership.
21.3.00_ukraine_war.pdf — Downloaded 1344 timesSocial Media – Hate Speech – Hate Crime
Introduction
Nowadays, it is not uncommon for social media to include manifestations of hatred, misleading information, and elements of extremism or terrorism. We already observe that political and religious extremist groups use social media and networks to promote their ideology, recruit new members, demonstrate their power, and shock society with videos of wars as something commonplace and unavoidable. Society is already able to act against such use of social networks and its negative consequences. There are many ways to do so.
20.2.06_social_networks_hate_speech.pdf — Downloaded 2056 timesRussian Economic Footprint and the Impact on Democratic Institutions in Georgia
Introduction
In its effort to restore itself into a global power center and secure dominance in the post-Soviet area, the concept of the “near abroad” or the exclusive sphere of influence found a broad recognition in Russian political and economic elites long before the Putin regime, at the very beginning of its rule, played with the idea of friendly relationships with the West.[1]
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