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Soft power in the Three Seas Initiative: its evolution after the 3Seas Local meeting in Lublin

On 12-13 March 2025, the fifth edition of the 3Seas Local Government Congress and Economic Forum was held. With an attendance of 1,500 people from 29 countries, including delegations and heads of regions, it provided an opportunity to discuss important issues such as transport, energy, digitalization, international relations (particularly inter-…

Piotr Wójcik2025-07-10

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Soft power through cooperation in the Three Seas Initiative

According to the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), this regional format is mainly analysed and discussed in relation to the economic problems of this region of 13 countries in Central, Northern and Southern Europe (and some particular states). In this article, the author, Piotr Wójcik, focuses on the soft power dimension…

Piotr Wójcik2025-03-05

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The Current Situation of Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

Article written by Andrea Bogoni and Jan Normann. Interviews conducted by Jan Normann. Introduction Since the war in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, Poland has emerged as a major refuge for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict. In a matter of months, hundreds of thousands of refugees entered Poland, significantly impacting…

Andrea Bogoni2024-06-27

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Can Poland and Ukraine become a European hub for semiconductor manufacturing?

This contribution was originally presented by Blue Europe Fellow Marceli Hazla at the "Three Seas One Opportunity: Toward a New Intermarium" conference and won the best paper award for its insightful and documented perspective. Introduction Just as the beginning of the 1990s was dubbed the 'end of history', the aggression…

Marceli W. Hazla2023-10-27

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Resource factors of the conflict in Ukraine: what post-war prospects

1. Introduction The Russian Federation's February 24, 2022 invasion has shaken up the international political order, becoming the most serious conflict in Europe since the '90. It is impossible to clearly identify the causes of the war. On the one hand, it may have to do with Russian imperial ambitions,…

Marceli W. Hazla2023-04-28

Country Analysis

The demographic cost of the war in Ukraine

Ukraine’s modern demography is ultimately shaped by war World War II had a profound impact on the age pyramid of Ukraine, as well as the ratio of females to males in the population, as we can see in this graph below. The war resulted in a significant loss of life,…

Henrique Horta2023-03-17

ukraine, energy, russia, war, donbass, economy, dependency, gas,

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Ukraine at the crossroads of the EU and Russia, again

To commemorate Russia's invasion of Crimea, after the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, Vladimir Putin decides to invade the whole of Ukraine after the Beijing Winter Olympics. War is nothing new in Ukraine, after the country's invasion and annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, the Eastern part of Ukraine,…

Henrique Horta2022-03-07

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Soft power in the Three Seas Initiative: its evolution after the 3Seas Local meeting in Lublin

Soft power through cooperation in the Three Seas Initiative

The Current Situation of Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

Can Poland and Ukraine become a European hub for semiconductor manufacturing?

Resource factors of the conflict in Ukraine: what post-war prospects

The demographic cost of the war in Ukraine

Ukraine at the crossroads of the EU and Russia, again

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