The best way to understand a person is to read his book, is if he has any. The same goes for politicians too. The advertisement videos and election campaigns often present a politician exactly the way he is not, but rather the way people would like him. With books, however, things are different. Even ... more

One of the most important conditions for success in geopolitics is to know what you want. The next important condition is - to know how to get it. The vision of the European Union towards its neighbours, however, lacks both. As Katinka Barysch writes, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform ... more

In the season at its height, the Bulgarian Black Sea coast remained without electricity for two days. I thought about this while reading the news from a conference on energy security in the Black Sea region(July 27, Odessa, Ukraine). Of course, the link between the fall of a Bulgarian electricity ... more