terrorism

Nilsu Eledağ has written a blog about Türkiye's role in determining Sweden's NATO membership and concerns about terrorism and anti-Islamist movements. Türkiye took a slight turn in foreign policy and now plays a closer game with NATO allies. There could be two reasons behind why Türkiye chose to shift towards the West. Find out more in Eledağs blog.

Following the Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine, the European Parliament has designated Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. What does this declaration mean in practice and what does it mean for member states? Our Executive Director Martin Vokálek commented on this matter for Slovak RTVS.

In her policy paper "Terrorism, Cryptocurrencies and the EU Response", written under the project Think Visegrad in Brussels, Asya Metodieva, a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague, writes about what terrorists use cryptocurrencies for, assesses ongoing regulatory initiatives at the EU level, and last but not least, examines how the Visegrad Four (V4) countries view cryptocurrencies in relation to terrorism-related threats at the level of national level.

Christian Kvorning Lassen, deputy director and head of research at EUROPEUM Institute, commented on the RTVS programme Rádiožurnál on the terrorist attack of 13 October 2021 in the context of arming the security forces 10 years after Anders Breivik's attack.

The topic of another Eastern Monitor, authored this time by Jonáš Vlk, was the Islamic State which, although territorially defeated, persisted.

European Council on Foreign Relations issued an analysis shortly after the NATO Brussels 2018 Summit on the perceived security threats by the EU. Our director Vladimír Bartovic contributed with the Czech perspective.

Our Martin Michelot commented for the Slovak TV RTVS on the situation in France which marked the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

In an interview for RTVS, our deputy director Martin Michelot commented on Emmanuel Macron's recent attempt to improve relations with the French army and police, following his popularity rating drop.

In an interview for the French RFI, our deputy director Martin Michelot commented on the newly elected president Emmanuel Macron's visit at the French military base in Gao, northern Mali.

Our Martin Michelot contributed to an article on The Cipher Brief, where he analysed the stances of both second-round candidates within the French presidential elections on terrorism and security issues.

Martin Michelot talks to Newsweek Česko about the upcoming presidential elections in France in regards to the existing positions towards refugees and minorities a year after the Paris attacks.

Martin Michelot did an interview for a Slovak newspaper Pravda about the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Europe's fight agains terrorism.