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U.S. military base in Kosovo, Camp Bondsteel. Source: http://www.kosova.org

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Independent Kosovo has split Europe

Not actually the declaration of Kosovo’s independence in the form of a regional parliament’s unilateral act passed on 17th February 2008, but rather the reaction of the International Community will influence not only political development in Serbia, but also the future character of international relations system on European and global level. In terms of international policy after World War II. Even despite local acts of violence in northern Mitrovica…

Sofia, Monument of "Tsar - Liberator", the Russian Tsar Alexander II. Source: blogs.trb.com

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Russian Year in the Balkans

The year 2008 was proclaimed the Year of Russia in Bulgaria. Annually, Russian diplomacy strives to strengthen Moscow’s influence in some countries in this way. Although this way of bilateral contacts intensification may remind of Soviet-style campaigns, the results of the visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Bulgarian capital Sofia on 17th and 18th January attest that, in contrast to Ukraine or Belarus..

Moldovan political analyst Igor Munteanu

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European integration has no alternative. Interview with the political scientist Igor Munteanu

An interview with Moldovan political scientist Igor Munteanu on Moldova´s choice to enter the European Union, Moldovan democracy, Transnistrian conflict and security issues in the Black Sea area. Igor Munteanu works as the Executive Director of Institute for Development and Social Initiative (IDIS) Viitorul.Moldova is very often considered a single consolidated democracy in the Post-Soviet area. Do you agree…

Yulia Tymoshenko - Ukraine's candidate for prime minister. Source: Ľvivskij forum

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Ukrainian “Prime Minister game” to be continued

The Supreme Council is supposed to re-vote on the nomination of Yulia Tymoshenko as the Prime Minister. The early parliamentary elections held in the end of September haven’t born any solution to the long-lasting political stalemate. The election results confirmed that nowadays, no political force is capable of ruling on its own without any general consensus. This holds true for the Party of Regions, headed by the PM…

Myroslava Lendel, Uzhgorod National University, Ukraine

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Transcarpathia – the region of ethnic tolerance. Interview with the Ukrainian political scientist Myroslava Lendel

An interview with Ukrainian political scientist from Uzhgorod National University on the results of parliamentary elections and the political atmosphere in the ethnically mixed Ukrainian Transcarpathian region.Is there any difference between the political behaviour of the inhabitants of Transcarpathia and other Ukrainian regions?As the results of parliamentary elections in Transcarpathian region have proven…

Roman Kuźniar (Warsaw University). Source: www.derstandard.at

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Polish foreign policy after the 2007 parliamentary elections from the viewpoint of experts

DespiteBorders.com brings the opinions of Polish experts in foreign policy on its future in the case of the current opposition victory.How do you assess the results of Polish foreign policy following the 2005 parliamentary elections? Has the government succeeded in the strengthening of the international status of Poland or has it achieved the contrary?Roman Kuźniar (University of Warsaw)…

Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga (Law and Justice. PiS). Source: http://www.nato.int

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The development alternatives of Polish foreign policy after early parliamentary elections

In the period after 1989, Polish society has been marked by a high degree of consensus in terms of foreign policy for a long time. This has applied particularly to the Polish NATO entry, but also to the country’s EU membership to a certain extent which was objected above all by agrarian blocs (Polish People’s Party and Self-Defence) as well as a part of clerical-national right gathered predominantly within…

Lech Kaszinski opening military parade in Warsaw in 1989

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Poland: Moral revolution eats away at its children, or a controlled doom of the Fourth Republic?

Although it is pretty clear that the Polish Sejm will meet on September 7th for the last time in order to enable the early elections in October, the prospects of post-election development in Poland remain blurry. Only one thing is positive, namely that the Fourth Republic project in such a shape the Polish left presented prior to the 2005 elections went awry. Political scandals disclosing the real essence of the regime…

Armenian independent analyst Tigran Matosyan

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The Armenians support the entry of Turkey into the European Union: An interview with the freelance Armenian ethnologist and analyst Tigran Matosyan

How do you assess the result of the last parliamentary elections in Armenia? What changes will they bring to your country? As for the elections themselves, they were a step forward according to the ratings by international observers. We may evaluate the elections from the viewpoint of what they will bring to Armenia itself, or how will they influence the relations between Armenia and other states…

Russian political analyst Sergei Markov

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Democrat is synonymous with traitor in Russia: An interview with the Russian political scientist Sergei Markov

The Russian political scientist Sergei Aleksandrovych Markov (born 1958) works as the director of the Institute for Political Studies in Moscow in the present. He is at the same time the head of the Foreign Political Department of the influential internet portal Strane.Ru which is close to current governmental and presidential circles. He is a lecturer at the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University…