Southeastern Europe

9 minutes read

• Black Sea Region
• Bulgarian-Moldovan relations

South-Eastern Europe has taken over the natural gas market in the Republic of Moldova (and Transnistria)

Vladimir Mitev 30 August, 2026 0 1416

The war in Ukraine has triggered geopolitical changes in the region, which are particularly evident in the...

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Cross-border cities are engines of transformation

15 minutes read

• Anthropology
• Civil Society

Cross-border cities are engines of transformation

Vladimir Mitev 16 July, 2025 0 4057

A podcast, recorded literary on the Friendship Bridge at Giurgiu-Ruse, reflects on change in Southeastern Europe, on...

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Alexandru Drăgulin: President Nicușor Dan’s priorities will be economic recovery and democratic resilience

12 minutes read

• Black Sea Region
• Bulgarian-Romanian infrastructural relations

Alexandru Drăgulin: President Nicușor Dan’s priorities will be economic recovery and democratic resilience

Vladimir Mitev 29 May, 2025 0 4145

In foreign policy, Romania will continue infrastructure projects with its regional neighbours, and in the Western Balkans...

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Iulian Mareș: Romania has chosen the European core. Now Southeast Europe must choose where to go

13 minutes read

• Analysis
• Bulgarian-Romanian political relations

Iulian Mareș: Romania has chosen the European core. Now Southeast Europe must choose where to go

Vladimir Mitev 20 May, 2025 0 3966

Newly elected President Nicușor Dan will have to rely on the reformist wings of the old parties...

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The contours of post-liberalism in the West and in Southeast Europe: a conversation with David Bisset 

67 minutes read

• Books
• Civil Society

The contours of post-liberalism in the West and in Southeast Europe: a conversation with David Bisset 

Vladimir Mitev 25 April, 2025 0 3765

As the centre of the world system implodes, the former internal periphery of the EU - Central...

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The Trump 2.0 times as seen from a Bulgarian-Romanian perspective: while borders and divisions in the West are rising, in the EU’s Southeast the logic of the center is being affirmed

7 minutes read

• Black Sea Region
• Bulgarian-Romanian infrastructural projects

The Trump 2.0 times as seen from a Bulgarian-Romanian perspective: while borders and divisions in the West are rising, in the EU’s Southeast the logic of the center is being affirmed

Vladimir Mitev 7 February, 2025 0 3204

An optimistic take on the shocks in international relations of the last years, which continue with the...

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Alexandru-Ionuț Drăgulin: Full accession to the Schengen Area can transform Romania, Bulgaria and their region

24 minutes read

• Bulgarian-Hungarian relations
• Bulgarian-Romanian economic relations

Alexandru-Ionuț Drăgulin: Full accession to the Schengen Area can transform Romania, Bulgaria and their region

Vladimir Mitev 16 January, 2025 0 3623

Interview with the Romanian Diplomatic Institute's expert on the prospects of both countries and their bilateral and...

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Paul Hurmuz: The time is coming for Romania and Bulgaria to become more important players in Southeastern Europe

31 minutes read

• Analysis
• Black Sea Region

Paul Hurmuz: The time is coming for Romania and Bulgaria to become more important players in Southeastern Europe

Vladimir Mitev 16 November, 2024 0 2284

The Romanian defense expert comments on the geopolitical dilemmas facing Romania and its region in anticipation of...

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Southeastern Europe’s affirmation: neither technocracy, nor sovereignism, but people’s agency

24 minutes read

• Bulgarian-Romanian economic relations
• Bulgarian-Romanian interpersonal relations

Southeastern Europe’s affirmation: neither technocracy, nor sovereignism, but people’s agency

Vladimir Mitev 10 October, 2023 0 2750

Vladimir Mitev’s Maynooth University take on the people-driven Europeanization in Southeastern Europe as way of its people...

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Codru Vrabie: Agency in Southeastern Europe should be more related to bridge than to equilibrium

15 minutes read

• Journalism
• Podcast

Codru Vrabie: Agency in Southeastern Europe should be more related to bridge than to equilibrium

Vladimir Mitev 26 September, 2023 0 2929

The fifth part of the podcast with Codru Vrabie deals with agency in Southeastern Europe, with the...

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