Arnaud Bezard

Kosovar Turks: the spearhead for a Balkanic paşalık or a misunderstood Ankara foreign policy? Türkiye between kin-state and soft power

 “Unutmayın, Türkiye Kosova’dır, Kosova Türkiye’dir” (Türkiye is Kosovo, Kosovo is Türkiye): these were the words pronounced by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then Türkiye’s Prime Minister, at the time when he came to the second largest city of Kosovo, Prizren, in 2013. The statement has been criticized by actors, mostly outside of the Balkan Peninsula, as damaging

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Arnaud Bezard 16-04-2024
Marta Allegue Souto

Electoral rights, a thorn in EU accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina

The recommendation by the European Commission to open EU accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on March 12th marks a significant milestone in the country’s journey towards European integration. This recommendation comes at a crucial moment, showcasing BiH’s commitment to enacting vital reforms and aligning with the European acquis. Undoubtedly, BiH has taken significant

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Marta Allegue Souto 05-04-2024
Evangelia (Evi) Tsakali

Dying isn’t scary, not living is: Happy Independence Day Greece!

Ευαγγελισμός (Evangelismos) is the word we use in Greek for the Annunciation of Virgin Mary (observed religiously on March 25th), meaning literally “the announcement of good news”. March 25th is also commemorated as the commencement of the Revolution against the Ottoman Empire which culminated in the establishment of an independent state, even though the Revolution

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Evangelia (Evi) Tsakali 25-03-2024
Simone Gagliardo

Legal vs irregular migration: Case studies from Poland and the US

On October 30th 2023, the College of Europe in Natolin hosted a seminar titled: “Two Case Studies in New Trends in Global Migration”. Two experts – Patryk Kugiel, a researcher at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, and Jennifer Babaie, Director of Legal Services at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center – were invited to discuss

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Simone Gagliardo 21-03-2024
Joaquim Armengol

Decoding disinformation. The power of open source intelligence

How quickly can someone with a basic level of computer and media literacy spot disinformation online? Let’s try it out. The challenge was clear: to identify an online publication based on false information using the techniques I learned during a training on disinformation. The first thing I did was to go into X’s search engine

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Joaquim Armengol 05-03-2024
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