East-European Bridge

BSSB.BE  neweasterneurope.eu  24.05.2018

Europe

*For the six countries of the Eastern Partnership, or EaP, the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union meant that independence was as much an urgent crisis as it was an overnight opportunity.

This Armenian return to Europe … Read More

Eastern Europe Vs. Western Europe

BSSB.BE  The Alex Jones Channel  23.05.2018

Balkans Danube Ex-USSR Poland

*Why are we still not allowed to address the problem that has plagued the West since the 7th Century?

• The publication is not an editorial. It … Read More

1. Slovenia: Basic Forward, Basic Back

BSSB.BE  visio-institut.org  23.05.2018

Danube Ex-USSR Europe 

*During 1995–2015, Slovenia saw substantial improvements in overall economic freedom. Progress, however, was far from uniform.

1. The Travails of Slovene Transitioning

 Economic transition is a loaded term. At its most broadly conceived, … Read More

Sea Power

BSSB.BE CaspianReport  22.05.2018

Danube Germany Russia The Baltic USA

*Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans is a companion to The Accidental Admiral, Admiral Stavridis’ earlier best seller that provided many Americans with a basic education in national and … Read More

Eastern Europe 25 Years

BSSB.BE  4liberty.eu  22.05.2018

Balkans  Danube   Ex-USSR   Moldova  The Baltic  Poland

* The second issue of The Visio Journal, which offers several papers analyzing the degree to which the public policies and political institutions of former socialist economies have been supportive of economic … Read More

1. East European Bridge

BSSB.BE neweasterneurope.eu  21.05.2018

Europe

* For the six countries of the Eastern Partnership, or EaP, the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union meant that independence was as much an urgent crisis as it was an overnight opportunity. 

 Burdened by the … Read More

Meanwhile in Moldova

BSSB.BE    intellinews.com/  18.05.2018

Balkans Danube Moldova

* Bloody oligarch might be caught

The court in Moscow’s Basmanny district has endorsed investigators’ request for an arrest warrant for the president of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vlad Plahotniuc.

The Moldovan … Read More

Moldova’s European Aspirations

BSSB.BE  moldovanpolitics.com  16.05.2018

Balkans Danube Ex-USSR

*Moldovan Politics:“… is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”

Nine years ago, this civil unrest led to the demise of … Read More

1. In the name of a better world

BSSB.BE  gefira.org  14.05.2018

Balkans Danube Ex-USSR

* United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres present his report on “Making Migration Work for All” with his Special Representative for International Migration Louise Arbour.

The United Nations has launched a migration report … Read More

Ukraine: deeper in the EU — bigger debts

BSSB.BE intellinews.com  14.05.2018

Danube   EX-USSR   Europe

* Ukraine faces growing debt repayment pressure in 2018-2020

In 2015, then finance minister Natalie Jaresko managed to persuade Ukraine’s creditors to restructure the country’s debt and delay payments by four years. That postponement is about to … Read More