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The New Face of European Grand Strategy: Promise and Peril
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a NATO Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022. Photo: Ron Przysucha via the U.S. State Department/ Public Domain. View license here. By Blythe Gilbert Introduction In 2014, following the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine with the intent of seizing…
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From Trebizond to Kallithea: Pontian Greeks, Perceptions of Greekness, and the Birth of Modern States
By Isaure Vorstman Abstract Between the eighth and sixth centuries B.C., a colony of Greek merchants and sailors left mainland Greece to settle on the northeastern coast of Asia Minor, on the shores of the Black Sea, in a territory they baptised “Πόντος,” (“Pontos”) literally meaning “sea.” There they developed a distinct identity, culture, and…
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Oil, Gas & Modernisation in Russia: Policy Memorandum
By Sylvia Lorico To: Charles Michel, President of the European Council From: Members of the EU Commission for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Subject: Policy Memorandum “Intensifying the Impact of Economic Sanctions on Russia in the Wake of Prolonged Conflict in Ukraine” Date: 04/11/2022 Introduction: This memorandum analyzes the impact of the European Union’s (EU’s)…
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Deconstructing Europe’s East-West Divide Through Abortion Legislation
March in support of abortion rights, Łódź October 2nd 2016. Photo: Zorro2212/Wikimedia Commons. No changes made. View the license here. By Ashley Renz Introduction In September 2021, in the southern Polish town of Pszczyna, a 30-year-old woman named Izabela died due to fatal complications in the 22nd week of her pregnancy. Izabela’s fetus lacked amniotic…
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European Energy Security and Pipelines in the South Caucasus: Carriers of Energy and Conflict
Photo: Ilham Aliyev attended official opening ceremony of Southern Gas Corridor. Sangachal Terminal. Photo: Official website the President of Azerbaijan. No changes made. View the license here. By Sasha Slobodov Issue Statement In order to move away from reliance on Russia for natural gas imports, the European Union (EU) has identified the South Caucasus as…
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Nectar of the State-Owned Cooperative: A Commentary on Hungarian Wine’s Stagnation and Revitalization
Title Photo: Hétszőlő vineyards in Tokaj, Hungary. Photo courtesy of Jerzy Kociatkiewicz/Wikimedia Commons. No changes made. View the license here. By: Ben Marshall The Latin saying “vinum regnum, vinum rex,” or “wine of kings, king of wines,” is a phrase which is commonly attributed to the French King Louis XIV, and it is in no…
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Emergence from the Periphery – Vol. XIV