Despite more than five hundred years of Turkish rule, the majority of present-day Bulgarians demonise and reject “non-Bulgarian” – that is, Turkish, Muslim, or Roma – influences in their history and ...

The Russian Federation is home to a large number of ethnic republics that briefly attempted to declare their sovereignty during the collapse of the Soviet Union. A similar series of crises now facing ...

What is wrong with pacifism? Pacifist arguments, on the surface, seem logical: war is harmful, peace is desirable, and weapons lead to conflict. The notion that if all countries cease supplying ...

Over the past two and a half years of full-scale war with Russia, Ukraine has dramatically ramped up its defence production capabilities. This strategic shift aims to gradually meet the nation’s ...

The construction of the railway in the middle of the 19th century was the beginning of revolutionary changes in Elk. It also enabled the development of the first Hebrew magazine in Europe, Ha-magid.

Once a Soviet-era uranium processing plant, the Silmet factory in Sillamäe, Estonia, is now Europe’s leading processor of rare earths. Silmet’s mother company, Toronto-headquartered Neo Preformance ...

While the results of the EU parliamentary elections in Central and Eastern Europe did not lead to political upheaval as seen in France, it is becoming clear that the far-right representation in ...

I have always been a bit sceptical of George Friedman, the self-professed “forecaster” who seeks to predict trends through his “intelligence analysis” company, Geopolitical Futures. Friedman believes ...