Despite more than five hundred years of Turkish rule, the majority of present-day Bulgarians demonise and reject “non-Bulgarian” – that is, Turkish, Muslim, or Roma – influences in their history and ...

What is wrong with pacifism? Pacifist arguments, on the surface, seem logical: war is harmful, peace is desirable, and weapons lead to conflict. The notion that if all countries cease supplying ...

Over the past two and a half years of full-scale war with Russia, Ukraine has dramatically ramped up its defence production capabilities. This strategic shift aims to gradually meet the nation’s ...

I have always been a bit sceptical of George Friedman, the self-professed “forecaster” who seeks to predict trends through his “intelligence analysis” company, Geopolitical Futures. Friedman believes ...

Earlier this month, the controversial Russia pundit Leonid Ragozin wrote an article for Al Jazeera titled “Putin no longer fears a democratic Ukraine”.The problematic piece lays the blame for ...

Russia’s political and social behaviour can seem surprising. It is like there always is, despite a relatively highly educated population and access to western, liberal ideas, a return to archaic, ...