In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, IGA’s chairperson discussed the security developments in the Black Sea region, their trade implications, the status of the Montreux Convention, all of which point to the fact that Bulgaria had to start its military modernization much earlier. Dr. Rumena Filipova also presented IGA’s new report on Russia’s militarization …
IGA has released its newest report History Undone. Russia’s Historical Disinformation, Bulgaria’s Memory Politics and Lessons for Dealing with the Past from Central and Eastern Europe. The report focuses on the distortion and falsification of history as the crucial factor that underpins the Kremlin’s media influence campaigns in Bulgaria based on the narrative about the …
Dr. Rumena Filipova took part in a panel discussion on the current state and prospects for Bulgaria’s and Czechia’s involvement in the Three Seas Initiative, organized by the Warsaw Institute on 18 July 2023. IGA’s chairperson participated alongside Jan Lupomesky (Expert on Central Europe and the Three Seas Initiative) and Katja-Elisabeth Herrmann (Research Fellow at …
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Mediapool has featured the third paper in IGA’s Ukraine Insider series, where international experts on Ukraine analyze the crucial political-historical, media, and economic developments taking place in the country since the start of the Kremlin’s invasion. In the third edition, Mariam Naiem highlights Russia’s cultural and linguistic suppression of Ukraine, which shows that cultural decolonization …
In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, Dr. Rumena Filipova discussed the crucial symbolic importance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Sofia, which took place on July 6, 2023. It reconfirmed Bulgaria’s Euro-Atlantic foreign policy orientation and security commitments. Also in focus was the significance of a NATO membership perspective for Ukraine and the …
In a series of videos, IGA presents the highlights of its international conference Central and Eastern Europe on the Frontlines: Forging Collaborative Solutions to Foreign Authoritarian-State Influence, which took place on 19 May 2023 at Sofia Hotel Balkan. In the third video, we overview the goals of the discussions and feature the top 3 recommendations of …
On 5 July 2023, IGA organized an expert discussion in partnership with the American Corner in Sofia on the topic of the impact of foreign authoritarian-state propaganda on national security. Nathalie Vogel, Research Fellow at the Center for Intermarium Studies at the Institute of World Politics in Washington D.C. and Senior Fellow at the European …
IGA has published the fourth part of its paper series “Ukraine Insider”, where international experts on Ukraine analyze the crucial political-historical, media, and economic developments taking place in the country since the start of the Kremlin’s invasion. The series aims to better acquaint the Bulgarian and international audience with trends on the ground and counter …
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In his article, Dr. Andreas Umland argues that differentiating between Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the invasion of 2022 is not a viable way for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, although surrendering to the peninsula’s annexed status as an ‘established fact’ may be presented as a pragmatic approach. Instead, Dr. Umland points …
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In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, IGA’s chairperson analyzed Evgeny Prigozhin’s uprising: its likely causes and consequences, Lukashenko’s role, and the expected repercussions for the Russian regime. Watch the interview (in Bulgarian)
