Section: The Central European Policy Institute (Slovakia)
Rzeczpospolita and Maidan: How official Russian media inform about Central Europe
By Grigorij Mesežnikov. Photo: Flickr|streetwrk.com licensed by CC BY-ND 2.0“Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine confirmed the civilizational choice of its citizens. By removal of oligarchic kleptocratic regime which was supported by Kremlin and by claim to join the united Europe Ukrainians have sent a clear signal how they see the fate of their...
Strengthening the Eastern Frontier of the V4
By Public Relations.On Tuesday, October 11th 2016, the GLOBSEC Policy Institute (GPI) participated on roundtable discussion organized by the Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) in Prague called: V4+ Security – Strengthening the Eastern Frontier of the V4. The first roundtable discussion of the initiative, chaired by Dániel...
V4+ Security: Strengthening the Eastern Frontier of the V4
Park Hotel Praha, Veletržní 20, Prague10 October, 2016 – 19:00 to 11 October, 2016 – 16:30GLOBSEC Policy Institute is taking part at the kick-off meeting of the V4+ Security: Strengthening the Eastern Frontier of the V4 project organized on the 11th October in Prague. The project will consist of 4 workshops, organized in Kiev, Prague,...
Information war monitor for Central Europe: September 2016
By Lóránt Győri, Patrik Szicherle, Jakub Janda, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová. Photo: Flickr|Janelle, licensed by BY-NC-ND 2.0Domestic politics and international events in September in Central Europe provided a plethora of topics for Russian propaganda to mystify and misinform about. The Bratislava Summit or the referendum in...
Milan Nič’s comments on Hungarian referendum in POLITICO
By Public Relations. Photo: Flickr|Moyan Brenn. Licensed by CC BY 2.0On October 2, 2016 Hungary held the referendum on the plan of the European Union to relocate refugees in Europe using quotas. The referendum was perceived to be part of Victor Orbán’s European powerplay, since Orbán asked voters a question to which he already knew the...
Countering Information War – Lessons Learned from NATO and Partner Countries
NATO Liaison Office in Georgia, Tsinamdzgvrishvili street No. 162, Tbilisi, Georgia27 September, 2016 – 09:30 to 28 September, 2016 – 14:00The expert workshop “Countering Information War – Lessons Learned from NATO and Partner Countries” in Tbilisi is organized within the project “Countering Information War – Lessons Learned from NATO...
Central Europe and the Refugee Question: Cooperation, not Confrontation
By Gabi Göbl, Christian Kvorning Lassen, Marko Lovec, Milan Nic and Paul Schmidt. Photo: Flickr|European Parliament, licensed by CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Abstract:The uncoordinated approaches in Central Europe in dealing with the increased arrivals of refugees during summer and autumn of 2015 have put the region into the spotlight of public attention. A...
Lessons for the Ukraine Conflict: Fix the European Security Order, or Overhaul it?
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, Rauchstrasse 17-18, Berlin19 September, 2016 – 19:00 to 20 September, 2016 – 19:00The Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution is organizing a workshop “Lessons for the Ukraine Conflict: Fix the European Security Order, or Overhaul it?” on the 20th September...
Information war monitor for Central Europe: August 2016
By Lóránt Győri, Péter Krekó, Jakub Janda, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová. Photo: Flickr|greenzowie, licensed by CC BY-NC-ND 2.0GLOBSEC Policy Institute’s bi-weekly overview of conventional and social media discourse in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia monitors propaganda and disinformation attempts, as well as...
What does the Bratislava Summit have to say about Russia?
By Alena Kudzko. Photo: Flickr|Larry Koester, licensed by CC-BY-2.0Nothing and a lot.There will be no grand joint statement on relations with Russia when 27 leaders convene in Bratislava on Friday.And that’s not only because it’s an “informal” summit. The Summit is expected to focus on areas that the 28-1 leaders can agree on....
