Analyses & Alternatives

While attention focuses on visible flashpoints in Europe’s security architecture, subtler risks are emerging inside the EU itself. Bulgaria, formally

Today, Russia crosses a grim milestone: over one million casualties in its war against Ukraine. That figure includes the dead,

In recent years, the so-called “Vertical Gas Corridor” (VGC) has been promoted as a cornerstone of Bulgaria’s, the region’s, and

Ukraine has taken the unprecedented step of launching conventional strikes against components of Russia’s strategic nuclear infrastructure—targeting bases for strategic

Ukraine’s urgent need for at least 6 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas imports to meet its 2025–2026 heating

Putin Exploits Negotiations as a Delay Tactic While Trump Clings to His “Peacemaker” Persona Recent discussions between Donald Trump and

The Wall Street Journal news story on “secret” negotiations between the American hedge fund Elliott Management and Bulgartransgaz on potential

President Rumen Radev’s proposal for a referendum on Bulgaria’s Eurozone membership marks a calculated bid to destabilize the country and

Over the past week, Bulgaria has witnessed a political storm that raises serious concerns about the state of democracy in

The recent controversy over the landing of Bulgaria’s first F-16 cannot be dismissed as an isolated incident. It follows a