01/06/2022

Identifying short-term opportunities to align the Central European Energy Security with the 2030 European Green Deal goals in Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia

The Russian invasion in Ukraine provided extra impetus to reach climate and energy goals in

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 31/05/2022

GLOBSEC Trends 2022: Central and Eastern Europe amid the War in Ukraine

GLOBSEC Trends 2022 is back with its 7th edition. How did the attitudes in Central

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 08/02/2022

10 Recommendations: Countering foreign malign influence in Central Europe and the Western Balkans

This brief constitutes the final output of the GLOBSEC Vulnerability Index mapping susceptibility to foreign

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 15/11/2021

The GLOBSEC Vulnerability Index: Evaluating susceptibility to foreign malign influence in 8 Central European & Western Balkan countries

The GLOBSEC Vulnerability Index measures vulnerability towards foreign influence in eight countries: Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia on a 0-100 scale, where 0 is the most resilient and 100 the most vulnerable. It assesses five key dimensions: public attitudes, political landscape, public administration, information landscape, and civic and academic space, with a particular focus directed towards the Kremlin’s and Beijing’s activities.

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 31/08/2021

GLOBSEC Trends 2021: Latvia: one year into the pandemic

What is the foreign policy orientation of the majority in Latvia? What conspiracy theories resonate

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 12/08/2021

Russian and Chinese influence in Poland

What are the vulnerabilities of Poland to Russia and China? What methods are utilised by

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 12/08/2021

How vulnerable are Romanians to Russian and Chinese influence?

What kind of influences are exercised by Russia in Romania? How does it differ from

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 11/08/2021

Vulnerabilities in Lithuania: Which can be used by foreign hostile actors?

What is the foreign policy orientation of the majority in Lithuania? Is their pro-Western orientation

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 28/07/2021

GLOBSEC Trends 2021: Czechia one year into the COVID-19 pandemic

In Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges not only to healthcare systems but

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 03/06/2021

GLOBSEC Trends 2021: Central and Eastern Europe one year into the pandemic

For a sixth year, we are introducing our flagship report providing another insight into the minds of Central and Eastern Europeans.

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 22/03/2021

Democracy and Authoritarianism in CEE & Western Balkans: Who is winning?

The ‘democratic experiment’ has proven rather resilient in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 09/03/2021

United States in CEE and the Western Balkans: How should the new US administration revive its allure in the region?

The public image of the United States has suffered considerable setbacks throughout the world.[1] While

Centre for Global Europe - 15/01/2021

Conference on the Future of Europe: a National Model for Central Europe

On the eve of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE), this policy brief

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 10/12/2020

GLOBSEC Intelligence Briefing: December 2020

With the end of the year around the corner, much of humanity’s hopes to return

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 10/12/2020

GLOBSEC Trends 2020: Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans at the Times of Pandemic

2020 has been enveloped by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its profound global impact is likely to be the

Centre for Democracy & Resilience - 05/12/2020

Perceptions of democracy and conspiracy theories in Poland

Over the past few years, the European Union has coped with far-reaching political, economic and