
Is Ukraine sacrificed on the Budapest-Moscow axis?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is blocking a European financial aid package of 50 billion euros over four years for Ukraine, has explicitly requested that this aid be granted outside the EU budget and be subject to annual review. Strong Opposition "If we...

Ukraine: War, Peace and European Dreams
The Ukrainian army is advancing slowly on the southern front in an attempt to achieve more results before the fall sets in, while the Russian army has concentrated over 420,000 soldiers on the ground to halt the Ukrainian counteroffensive. "We must reclaim our land,"...

Republic of Moldova: fugitive oligarchs play the Gagauz card
Certainly, disagreements between Chisinau (the capital of the Republic of Moldova) and Comrat (the capital of Gagauzia) have been present in the relationship between the two entities in recent decades, often related to issues of autonomy, local governance, cultural identity, and control over resources

Bulgaria, the tourism powerhouse of the Black Sea
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine has caused significant damage to the tourism sector in Bulgaria, a traditional touristic area for citizens of the Russian Federation, Ukraine or Belarus. Authorities in Sofia are trying to identify new solutions to boost this...
Tbilisi-Moscow, 15 years since the August 2008 war
Relations between the Republic of Georgia and the Russian Federation remain a sensitive and complex subject at the regional and international levels, amid Moscow's military aggression against Ukraine. A turning point in the relations between the two countries was the...

Ankara, the key to peace in Ukraine?
Turkey "put Russia on alert" after warning shots were recently fired at a cargo belonging to a Turkish company heading to the port of Ismail in southern Ukraine. The move by the Turkish side comes amid the organization of a meeting between the Russian president,...

Does a multipolar world begin at the Black Sea?
The issue of the emerging multipolar world is a hot topic in global geopolitics. Hans Morgenthau believed that multipolar systems are less prone to war as they are more flexible in deterring conflict and limiting potentially dangerous states. For proponents of this...

Bulgaria-Romania: Bridges, Nuclear Energy and Strategic Military Partnership
Collaboration within NATO, the issue of Schengen Area accession, as well as the complex geopolitical realities of the Balkans and the Black Sea region, compel the authorities in Sofia and Bucharest to collaborate much more deeply than they currently do. Moving beyond...

The risk of conflict between NATO and Russia in the Black Sea
The issue of strained relations between NATO and the Russian Federation has lasted for more than three decades, since the USSR disintegrated and Russia, the heart of this historical construction, inherited and rebooted the idea that it was destined to remain a great...
The Black Sea, closer to the Schengen Area, in 2023?
European officials are preparing to admit Bulgaria and Romania into the Schengen Area this year, starting with air borders in October 2023