I don’t think that Turkey has made a general change in its Syria policy, I think that these moves are seen as a necessity to respond to domestic pressure
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I think the conflict will remain localized. However, its effects on energy, value chains and migration flows – inter alia – are global.
Since the Syria crisis erupted more than 10 years ago, we’ve seen that there was a high level of reluctancy from Europeans to share the burden amongst themselves
He was suddenly standing for more than Hungary but for wider issues of migration, with support in Germany and Austria and the other Central European states, and that gave him power
Connectivity does not reduce tensions, but opens up new opportunities for competition and conflict. No wonder the line between war and peace is becoming increasingly blurred.
By being tougher on Lukashenko and willing to accept a limited number of migrants, the new federal government could defuse the conflict between Poland and Belarus
Polish and German politicians have said that the migration crisis is Putin’s work; that he is waging a hybrid war against the EU. As an political analyst, I do not see any facts to support this.
This migration crisis is quite useful from the perspective of the domestic political agenda for the party because they are at the moment in trouble
Due to the situation on the border between Poland and Belarus, the energy dossier is once again essential in the relations between the EU and its Neighborhood
The message to the EU is: do you want to hit me? I am going to stop protecting your borders. But this is false, Lukashenka never protected the borders.