Scorecard 2015: The view from Sofia
Bulgaria took few foreign policy initiatives in 2014 because of internal troubles, but the country made one tough decision in abandoning the South Stream pipeline project
Views from the Capitals
Germany leads Europe: Jettisoning the status quo
The German question has emerged again, but this time, the answer will depend on whether Germany is willing to embrace its role as an agent of change
The view from Sofia: Bulgaria’s energy security needs to gain prominence
A stagnating Western Balkan economy (and a weaker EU) has made Bulgaria the battleground of Russia's energy projects and Western pushback
Russia is not Charlie
Russia’s official reaction to the French tragedy was little more than diplomatic correctness
After the Paris massacre: the lessons for fighting terrorism
Despite a plethora of quite fixable problems, Americans seem increasingly inclined just to look the other way
After the Paris Massacre: What will this change?
France's response to the terrorist attacks shows strength and unity, but also underlying anger.
After the Paris Massacre: Behind the violence
What’s missing from the debate across Europe is any real analysis of the root causes driving outbursts of violence like we’ve seen in Paris
After the Paris Massacre: It’s politics, not religion
We must not make the mistake of building trenches and hate when what we need are bridges and effective policies
After the Paris Massacre: fighting back with restraint
‘Fighting back’ may actually require the exercise of self-restraint – and a disciplined demonstration of tolerance and openness
After the Paris Massacre: the trouble within Islam
To describe the victims at Charlie Hebdo as provocateurs or as anti-Islam, or to argue that perhaps French society have brought on this plague, misses the point entirely