Publications

IGA has released its new briefing paper “Teetering on the Brink of Regional Convergence. Bulgarians’ Stances on Russia’s War against Ukraine, Strategic Orientation, Democracy, Media and Values vis-à-vis Central and Eastern Europe”. The study presents the results of in-depth public opinion polling conducted in Bulgaria in partnership with GLOBSEC. The findings demonstrate that Bulgarians are …

Briefing Paper 3: Teetering on the Brink of Regional Convergence Read More »

IGA has released its briefing paper “Effective Strategic Communications for Resilient State and Society. A Conceptual and Institutional Blueprint”. The publication details four main aspects that need to be taken into account when building strategic communications: Definition and scope; Institutional location; Wider and interlinked networks of collaboration; Тarget audience and appropriate range of strategic communications …

Briefing Paper 2: Effective Strategic Communications for Resilient State and Society Read More »

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 …

Report: History Undone. Russia’s Historical Disinformation, Bulgaria’s Memory Politics and Lessons for Dealing with the Past from Central and Eastern Europe Read More »

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 …

Ukraine Insider, Part 4: Invisible Hierarchies in Russian Cultural Domination of Ukraine Read More »

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 …

Article: The Crimean Challenge to a Russian-Ukrainian Armistice Read More »

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 …

Article: Domestic Hindrances for a Russian-Ukrainian Truce Read More »

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 …

Article: Bulgarian elections and the Indo-Pacific: Worlds apart Read More »

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 …

Article: Domestic Political Developments in Wartime Ukraine since February 2022 Read More »

IGA has published the third 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 …

Ukraine Insider, Part 3: Russia against Ukraine on the Informational Front Read More »

In her new article for Eurozine, Dr. Rumena Filipova assesses the state of democracy in Bulgaria in the context of the fifth election in two years. The foreign policy implications of the domestic impasse include a degree of self-isolation, insufficient European integration and perception of the country as a challenge to regional and allied security. …

Article: Bulgaria: Drifting Apart from Europe Read More »