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Putin Wins, Russia Loses — Six difficult years ahead

19/03/2018 Inside Europe

[authorbox authorid="42" title="The Author"] T he results of yesterday’s voting for Russian Presidential elections hardly came as a surprise for anybody. Former President Vladimir Putin was re-elected to his fourth term with an overwhelming majority,…

Influential Czech MEP shares his take on the Current EU-Russia Relations

07/03/2018 Inside Europe

Jiri Mastalka

[authorbox authorid="81" title="The Author"] [toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe.[/toggler] C urrent relations between the EU and Russia have been frozen for a long time. Some…

An Authoritarian’s Guide to Building a Regime and Surviving a Colour Revolution

06/03/2018 Beyond Europe

Toni Michel

[authorbox authorid="61" title="The Author"] [toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe.[/toggler] “For those of us climbing to the top of the food chain, there can be no…

CAATSA and the Russian pipelines: how hard the bill can hit them?

27/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia

Madalina Sisu Vicari

[authorbox authorid="2" title="The Author"] T he Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) bill, passed by the U.S. Congress with full bi-partisan support, and enacted on August 2, 2017, sparked stormy reactions of some EU…

Colors of Islamic Iran

21/02/2018 The Opinion

Georgi E. Asatryan

[authorbox authorid="80" title="The Author"] T hirty-nine years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran appeared on the political map of the world. And what is modern Iran? Will the President of the United States Donald Tump…

The Battle of Murmansk: A tale of corporate conflict in Russia’s Arctic

16/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia

Vocal Europe

[dropcap size=small]A padlock stuck on a railroad switch was enough to block Murmansk’s oil terminal for about seven hours, one of the latest episodes of a bizarre corporate conflict in one of the world’s…

Long way to common European Security and Defence

13/02/2018 Inside Europe

Vocal Europe

O n 14-15 February, 2018 NATO Defence Ministers will meet in Brussels again to discuss the main threats the world faces nowadays. NATO consists of 29 member states but 22 of them are simultaneously…

OPINION | If Erdoğan has a boss, it must be Doğu Perinçek

11/02/2018 Beyond Europe, Turkey

Leonardo Veneziani

N o doubt that there is a new and strange alliance in Turkey’s current political landscape. However, to understand the full awkwardness of this co-operation, one needs to take a few steps back in…

In the EU, Syrian embassies have built a strong network to stifle opposition views

30/01/2018 Inside Europe

Ruslan Trad

[toggler title="DISCLAIMER" ]All opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe[/toggler] [dropcap size=small]T he man looked at me and answered with a slight smile; "The Syrian Embassy in Sofia is very…

CAATSA Out of the Bag: Russia’s Arms Exports Under Threat

23/01/2018 Beyond Europe, Russia

Madalina Sisu Vicari

[alert type=white ]*This article was co-authored by Madalina Sisu Vicari and Nick Trickett[/alert] R ussia’s exports amounted to in 2016 $285 billion, led by the following sectors:: hydrocarbons ($176 billion, accounting for 62%), metals (nearly 10…

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