HOW DOES BULGARIA SEE THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE COOPERATION?
Against the backdrop of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the role of European countries in guaranteeing their security is under discussion again. How Bulgaria sees the future European defense cooperation through this prism?
Yordan Bozhilov
Brief
Bulgarian Foreign Policy
Security and Defense
European Union
SECRET CHARM. China’s hidden influence in Southeast Europe
The policy paper highlights a case study, which provides useful lessons learned as to Beijing´s broader geopolitical and geo-economic objectives as well as the ambition to increase its economic leverage and political clout. The paper features case studies on China’s influence in eight countries in Southeast Europe, conducted by local experts. The authors assess China’s investments, its image and the appeal of its governance model in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. The publication is a result of the cooperation of Sofia Security Forum and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
Plamen Tonchev, Mirela Petkova and other
Book
Global Challenges
Balkans and Black Sea
CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPLICATIONS ON THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE
Dr. Monika Panayotova, Vice-President of the Sofia Security Forum spoke at the National Military University on the Climate change and how it affects the European security and defense
Dr. Monika Panayotova
Brief
Global Challenges
Security and Defense
A PARADIGMIC SHIFT – FROM FAR-FETCHED LABELLING TO DOWN-TO EARTH REASONING
Even before Russia’s invasion in Ukraine approx. eight months ago, there has been some conventional wisdom that the war can be explained through the prism of the first debate in IR theory, i.e. Realism vs. Idealism. As far as Kremlin’s transgressions of Kyiv’s sovereignty have been the stepping stones of an escalating crisis since the Crimea’s annexation in 2014, it is taken for granted that the explanatory potential of the first debate remains valid. This paper, however, argues that the dynamics of the warfare peels off the superficial layer of explanation and bares the deeply rooted behavioral drivers and structural factors.
Mira Kaneva, PhD
Article
Global Challenges
Security and Defense
HOW BULGARIA WALKED STRAIGHT INTO A TRAP WITH THE RUSSIAN HYBRID ATTACK ABOUT THE TRUCK ON THE CRIMEAN BRIDGE
The Russian disinformation campaign about the "Bulgarian role" in the blast of the Crimean bridge
Yordan Bozhilov
Brief
Bulgarian Foreign Policy
Security and Defense
THE FUTURE OF TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS: TURNING A NEW PAGE ON ENHANCED COOPERATION AMID NEW SECURITY CHALLENGES
Proceedings and papers presented by renowned experts, institutional and non governmental representatives at the international conference in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 07, 2021
Monika Panayotova, Vice-President of SSF and other
Book
Security and Defense
NATO