The final achievement of the political struggle of the opposition leaders and civil society actors of the non-violent, velvet and popular revolution in April-May 2018 in Armenia were the early parliamentary elections held on December 9, 2018. According to the …
Prof. Dr. Johannes Pollak, Director of Webster Vienna Private University, was elected Chairman of the IEP Executive Board at the last meeting of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wessels who vacated the position of Chairman after …
In the last decade, Central Asia has become an increasingly popular destination for hikers and adventure-seeking travellers. Since the breakdown of the Soviet Union and especially since the publication of the first Lonely Planet for Central Asia in 1996, the …
Edited by Hartmut Marhold on behalf of the Executive Board of the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) and with contributions by numerous authors, including three former directors, a foreword by our president Werner Hoyer and companions such as Elmar Brok …
Europe has voted! The new European Parliament is constituted and after long-drawn-out negotiations, the new President of the European Commission is also elected as well as four other high-ranking positions are occupied. The new institutional set-up on the European level …
Spain’s main foreign policy priorities —namely North Africa, the EU and Latin America— are far away from Central Asia. Nevertheless, the country does have a significant interest and presence in one of the five Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan.
Since the …
The paper addresses the question of why the South Caucasus states have employed divergent and often conflicting alignment and alliance strategies since their independence, although having had similar “departure points”. It argues that perceived security threats and the need for …
The Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) together with its Moldovan partners, the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE) and the Institute for Strategic Initiatives (IPIS), have successfully launched the project “EU Perceptions and Reality in Moldova (WE&EU)”.
The overall …