Policy Papers & Analyses

Our Policy Papers & Analyses provide comprehensive, evidence-driven insights into major policy issues impacting Central and Eastern Europe. The Policy Papers present structured evaluations with concrete recommendations, while Analyses deliver detailed investigations into complex regional, economic, and governance topics. Authored by leading experts, academics, and practitioners, these documents support informed decision-making, strategic planning, and effective policy responses across critical sectors including energy, trade, security, infrastructure, and regional cooperation.

Turkey and Eastern Europe: an opportunity for economical development

Turkey's foreign policy agenda has been shaped for decades by the political arrangements of the Cold War. Turkey's unmistakable orientation towards the West is not a temporary phenomenon. It is a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, initiated…

B.F.G. Fabrègue2023-04-14

Belarus, Eastern Europe, Intermarium, Poland, Russia, Visegrad Battlegroup

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Poland’s role in the Intermarium idea

“Who rules East Europe commands the heartland, who rules the heartland commands the World-island, who rules the World-island commands the World”. These are the exact words used by renowned British geopolitician Halford Mackinder to convey the significance of the region situated in the eastern portion of the North European plain,…

Henrique Horta2023-01-11

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At the Gates of Europe (Part 1): A glance at Ukrainian history

This article won the 2021 Blue Europe Young Academics contest, thanks to its pedagogic qualities. Addendum 21/03/2022: The paper was written and accepted before the war in Ukraine started. It is to be understood in this vein. INTRODUCTION Names often contain the true meaning of things; they genuinely recall a…

Andrea Bogoni2022-02-28

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Poland: a synthetic analysis and presentation

In the Blue Europe Country Dossiers, we present Central and Eastern European countries under a basical but important point of view : how their economy work. Our articles are updated yearly, for a more complete and uptodate reading. In this Paper : Poland

Pawel Morisson de la Bassetière2021-08-26

putin, lukashenko, friendship, minsk, 2015

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The 2020 Belarus Crisis part. II

In the second part of this document, we try to learn if this protest is a colored revolution.

Léo Portal2020-08-21

Policy Papers & Analyses

The 2020 Belarus Crisis part. I

The events in Belarus in recent days have led to violent repression of demonstrations by the ruling government and the exile of the opposition leader in Lithuania

Léo Portal2020-08-21

Policy Papers & Analyses

Turkey and Eastern Europe: an opportunity for economical development

Poland’s role in the Intermarium idea

At the Gates of Europe (Part 1): A glance at Ukrainian history

Poland: a synthetic analysis and presentation

The 2020 Belarus Crisis part. II

The 2020 Belarus Crisis part. I

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