Velina Tchakarova, Michael Zinkanell, Livia Benko, Katrin Süss, Sofia Maria Satanakis, Christoph Schwarz: EU-Trends in 2021, AIES Fokus...

I wrote together with Philipp Brugner a guest commentary for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). LINK

My policy paper as listed below has been selected for participation at the EU-India Experts’ Workshop held on 09-10 Nov 2020 and won a...

Ahead of one of the most awaited political summits focusing on the future relations between the European Union (EU) and China, the High...

You need two for systemic rivalry. My article for the prominent Austrian newspaper Wiener Zeitung, which touches upon the current state...

Link to my handbook

India and the EU represent two of the world’s largest economies and thus are important players in global economic and trade governance....

"The post-COVID-19 era will exacerbate existing threat perceptions in Europe and also create new defining lines," warns Europe expert,...

Great powers rise and fall, shaping each transitional period of global power shift and its geographic concentration. Currently, the world...

The Security Distillery Interview

Velina Tchakarova: The Dragonbear: An Axis of Convenience or a New Mode of Shaping the Global System? Irmo Brief 05/2020 Link

Velina Tchakarova, Sofia Maria Satanakis: EU – NATO Relations: Enhanced Cooperation Amidst Increased Uncertainty, AIES Fokus 04/2020 Link

Covid-19 and Europe-China Relations A country-level analysis European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC) Special Report - 29 April...

The Covid-19 crisis was predictable and predicted. Many called it wrongly a Black Swan, even a grey rhino, while, in fact, it was a White...

Could the global outreach of Covid-19 lead to the next major shock to the Global System? This was the question I asked myself in January...

The Global System is clearly not anti-fragile; thus, the next financial crash or economic crisis would spread the contagion throughout...

The European Union (EU) and its member states are expected to face a series of turbulent developments and challenges in the coming year....

I was kindly asked by Tom O’Connor from Newsweek to provide him with my answers to six questions considering the relationship between...

How should the strategic agenda of the EU and its Member States (MS) look like for the period between 2019 and 2024 following the...

A new external player with a comprehensive strategy is entering the region with the intention to stay for an indefinite time. This will...