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Dr. Rumena Filipova for Darik Radio on the Outcomes of IGA’s International Conference

In an interview for Darik radio, IGA’s chairperson talked about the outcomes of the international conference that the Institute held on May 19. Also in focus were historical disinformation, history textbooks policy in Bulgaria and the portrayal of Russia in them; Chinese influence in Bulgaria, including Huawei, Confucius institutes and the growing academic cooperation between …

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International Conference: Central and Eastern Europe on the Frontlines

The Institute for Global Analytics held its international conference Central and Eastern Europe on the Frontlines: Forging Collaborative Solutions to Foreign Authoritarian-State Influence, which took place on May 19, 2023, at Sofia Hotel Balkan Palace. The symposium gathered leading international experts from across Central and Eastern Europe and America to start a cross-regional dialogue with …

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Dr. Rumena Filipova Interviewed by Dir.bg on IGA’s International Conference

In the run-up to IGA’s international conference on May 19, Dr. Rumena Filipova talked to dir.bg about the significance of the standoff between democracy and autocracy for global and domestic politics; the need for a greater Bulgarian diplomatic focus on its Baltic and Central European counterparts; the importance of identity politics and history in international …

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Article: Domestic Hindrances for a Russian-Ukrainian Truce

In his article, Dr. Andreas Umland highlights the range of domestic political factors in both Ukraine and Russia, which militate against a peace deal that would involve the swap of lands. Dr. Umland underscores that ‘pragmatic’ proposals for such a deal are unrealistic – albeit rooted in the Realist theory of International Relations,  as they …

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Article: Bulgarian elections and the Indo-Pacific: Worlds apart

In an article for the Central European Institute of Asian Studies, Dr. Rumena Filipova highlights the crucial missing global element in the incessant Bulgarian election mode: the dynamics in the Indo-Pacific. Why and how to remedy the fact that Sofia neglects those dynamics to its own peril and increasingly so to that of its international …

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Dr. Rumena Filipova for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria: Bulgaria Needs to Cooperate with CEE Countries to Counter the Ambitions of Russia and China

In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, Dr. Rumena Filipova highlighted IGA’s upcoming conference on 19 May: Central and Eastern Europe on the Frontlines: Forging Collaborative Solutions to Foreign Authoritarian-State Influence. Also in focus were questions related to the development of EU-China relations and the French position, the Baltic countries’ fraught ties with Beijing, why …

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Introductory Seminar: Building Resilience through Sustainable Strategic Communications in Bulgaria

The Institute for Global Analytics organized an introductory seminar during which it launched its new initiative focused on establishing sustainable strategic communications in Bulgaria. The event took place on 21 April 2023 at Grand Hotel Sofia. Dr. Rumena Filipova presented the key conceptual and institutional dimensions necessary for an effective strat com approach and demonstrated …

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Article: Domestic Political Developments in Wartime Ukraine since February 2022

In their article, Petro Burkovskiy, Executive Director of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, and Dr. Andreas Umland, Analyst at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, provide an overview of domestic political developments in Ukraine since the start of the 2022 war. The authors point out that despite the significant nationally unifying tendencies and democratic …

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