European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015: The view from Sofia
For most of 2014, Bulgaria’s foreign policy was extremely passive. The prime minister carried out no diplomatic visits in the
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Perspectives
weekly Editorial, blogs, opinion from TSG team and readers, Bill Drysdale on ‘My Bulgaria’; Analysis – from team, VOA, NENN; full texts of significant statements, speeches and media statements by Government and non-government organisations.
Can Poland remain a leader of EU foreign policy?
In 2014 Poland confirmed its role as one of the European Union’s foreign policy leaders. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict hit Poland’s
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Germany leads Europe: Jettisoning the status quo
Germany is rightly praised in the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2015 for assuming more leadership in the diplomacy of the
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The view from Sofia: Bulgaria’s energy security needs to gain prominence
There’s this thing about peripheries. They are either peaceful and godforsaken (and thus ignored) or they are volatile and challenging
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Russia is not Charlie
Russia’s official reaction to the French tragedy was little more than diplomatic correctness. President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to
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Cheaper oil best weapon against Russia’s aggression
The strength of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is a derivative of global oil prices — in other words, weak
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After Charlie Hebdo: World leaders on terrorism, tolerance and freedom
In the days since the terrorist attacks in France that resulted in 17 people dead in a massacre at the
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What can go wrong for Europe in 2015?
Two all-too-plausible scenarios could turn 2015 into an annus horribilis for Europe: a further erosion of integration within the EU,
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After the Paris Massacre: fighting back with restraint
How to react to this latest outrage? The immediate French response seems to have been rather noble, mixing a determination
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