Key highlights: NATO is devising “land corridors” to hasten the deployment of US and allied forces to the frontline in case of a broader European conflict with Russia A NAT… Read More

Sarajevo first gained international attention in 1914 when Gavrilo Princip opened fire on Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife near the Latin Bridge, sparking World War 1 and eve… Read More

Nuclear conflict just isn’t one thing we ought to be playing with.  Within the occasion of a full-blown nuclear trade between the USA and Russia, tens of millions of individuals… Read More

Presented by American Chemistry Council – Chemistry Creates America Competes: The power players, latest policy developments, and intriguing whispers percolating inside the We… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 29, 2024 View in browser… Read More

Introduction Going about your daily routines and suddenly finding everything you know threatened by an impending siege. This was the reality for the people of Vienna in 1683, as the powerful… Read More

Slovakia may seem like a small, rather insignificant country, but it stands at the political crossroads of Europe – a place where age-old conflicts between East and West are laid bare… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 13, 2024 View in browser… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 10, 2024 View in browser… Read More

Gabriel Escobar, Deputy Assistant State Secretary, a veteran diplomat whose tenure as the Envoy for the Western Balkans extended beyond the conventional two-year term, bid farewell to the pr… Read More

Introduction The Crimean War, a watershed moment in 19th-century European history, unfolded amidst declining empires, shifting alliances, and religious tensions. Originating from the complex… Read More

 By Nikos Mottas The 4th of April marked the 75th anniversary since the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty by 12 countries in Washington DC. The pretext for the foundation of Nor… Read More

17.04.2024 (Caucasian Journal). Our guest today is Martin SKALSKÝ, chairman of the Czech non-governmental organization Arnika and leader of Centre for the Support of Citizens… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. Mar 28, 2024 View in browser… Read More

Tomorrow’s conversation, tonight. Know where the news is going next. Mar 12, 2024 View in browser  … Read More

Discover The 10 Longest Wars Ever To Be Fought In History -by Jaya Pathak Throughout human history, battles and wars have been a tough part of life. Different countries have fought with each… Read More

March 4-6, 2024 Location: Pristina, Kosovo The largest regional conference for cyber security : “CYBER ZERO” is coming to Pristina from March 4 to 6. From March 4 to 6, the… Read More

Better one bad general than two good ones. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) The problem that comes with the leadership of any group of people is that, at the end of the day, each membe… Read More

Although the world was on the doorstep of the modern age in the 19th century, humanity still loved solving its many, many differences with violent armed conflict. Let’s take a look a… Read More

The Serbs have a traumatic recent past. They have been ‘democracy’ bombed by NATO twice – once in 1995 and then in 1999 – when they were what could be called ‘l… Read More

Introduction to the Cold War The Cold War, a geopolitical standoff that defined the second half of the 20th century, emerged due to the complex interplay between ideological, political, and… Read More

On December 15th, representatives from the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) visited Montenegro to address the impact of EU-related reforms on municipalities, with a focus on the trans… Read More

Western Balkans – On Sunday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg landed in Sarajevo to begin a brief visit to four Western Balkan nations, three of which are not part of the allian… Read More

FOR MOST countries, a 10% drop in the currency’s dollar value in just over five months would be cause for alarm. For Turkey, it is a respite. After years of reckless lending and spen… Read More

Three new Academic Fellows have been welcomed by the university as part of the British Council scholarships for women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). For the aid of… Read More

In order to support the bloc’s common foreign and security policy, Western Balkans delegates ought to meet with their EU counterparts more frequently, per a non-paper on “deeper… Read More

History of Macedonia and North Macedonia A state in southeastern Europe, North Macedonia is located in the Balkan Peninsula and bordered to the north by Kosovo , to… Read More

There is much to learn from Paul Johnson's history of the 20th century, not least the appalling truth about the "Republican" camp during the Spanish Civil War; some unpalatable facts abou… Read More

My first post about the current Middle Eastern conflict appeared on October 27, 2023. In it, I cited two posts from the Scottish blogger, Effie Deans of Lily of St Leonards. My final entry o… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. Nov 08, 2023 View in browser… Read More

The overall theme of this year’s event on 26 October in Brussels was cyber security, one of the priority topics for the industry. Considering the European Commission’s Cyber Resi… Read More

Tomorrow’s conversation, tonight. Know where the news is going next. Oct 30, 2023 View in browser  … Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. Oct 18, 2023 View in browser… Read More

The Europe we fantasize about today was not even an independent nation back in the 19th century. Do you want to know what ignited the feeling of nationalism in the folks of Europe? Class 10… Read More

Granada (Spain), Oct 7 (Always First) Leaders of the EU member states concluded their one-day informal summit featuring the bloc’s future strategy and enlargement here with the adoptio… Read More

UK to lead discussions on migration, AI and support to Ukraine at European Political Community summit today [Thurs] Prime Minister expected to agree new initiatives to tackle organised cr… Read More