The Kosovo Problem -- A Case for Partition When trying to explain and solve a long standing ethno-national conflict, there is often a fear of oversimplification of deeply rooted complicated issues. Multilayered conflicts demand a cautious approach from both policy makers and the academic community when it comes to...
Students Are Strategic 'Soft Power' -- Interview with Plamen Ralchev Mr Ralchev, how do you see the relationship youth -- SIIGA?
The relationship seems promising. Inspired by students and working for students is the best formula such an organization can have. Of course, SIIGA cannot target youth at large. It would be over-optimistic....
Smart Power: Revolution in Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Response to Modern Threats The 21st century has been the cradle of shifting the formal theories of politics, with a new actor in the field: transnational terrorist threats. The reaction to this, namely the foreign policy of the previous administration of the USA, has shown that American values are...
The Comparative Development of International Institutions in Europe Today Europe is not just a stronghold of transnational cooperation, but a devoted adherent of pan-European values and the principle of “unity in diversity” (the official motto of the European Union). But how has such transformation occurred to the birthplace of...
The “Rogue-ization” of the West In the early 1990s, political economist Francis Fukuyama coined the phrase “the end of history.” With it, he predicted that after the fall of Communism, history would terminate and democracy would dominate as a system. This system was stimulated by the free...
Immigration Policy in the EU Immigration was one of the issues that have not been regulated with a common European policy for a long time. Until 1999, member states had exclusive authority over this issue. This was changed with the Amsterdam Treaty, when shared responsibility between the member states...
Kurds: The History of Oppression and Future Prospects "Our past is sad. Our present is a catastrophe. Fortunately, we don't have a future.”
Hiner Saleem, Kurdish film-maker, quoting his grandfather
At the beginning of the 21st century, fifty years after the decolonization and liberation of ethnic...
The AU’s Successes and Failures to Date in Human Rights and Peacekeeping Conflicts Introduction
The creation of the European Union, the merging of numerous economies and the unifying force of a single currency have given hope to other continents looking for more unity and stability. Africa is one of these continents which have experienced colonial...
The Obligation of Businesses Caught in the Data Protection Labyrinth: Between Customer Care and Governmental Control In today’s high-tech and mobile world where there is an easy access to information as well as the need for data to be provided to and from private actors, we might start doubting how protected our priceless personal records are. Information is “the cornerstone of...
The Audacity of a Dream: King’s Dream, Obama’s Reality Martin Luther King's dream was one of equality for all men. He was certainly not alone in this idea, for this was one of the central political thoughts since the very inception of the USA; nevertheless, it took time for these ideas to manifest themselves in the society of the...
