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 On 28 of March, in Tallin, Estonia, took place a study visit with the participation of experts from Foreign Policy Association of Moldova APE, ICDS-International...

On 21-22 of March, in Borjomi (Georgia) took place the Regional Women, Peace and Security Monitoring Conference The event took place in the context of...

This analysis claims that the Republic of Moldova in particular, and the Eastern Europe in general, are facing an unobvious and new strain of Russian hybrid war. This obscure form of interstate aggression pioneered by Russia against its former satellites and the West, is deliberately designed to escape its timely detection by existing international law mechanisms. Therefore, the analysis points out that the process, widely labeled as hybrid war, is a model of stealthy political assimilation of new countries, as a modern replacement of territorial annexation. By focusing on the Republic of Moldova’s case, the analysis examines and reveals the nuances and particularities of this obscure form of Russian aggression. To do so, it elicits important dynamics of the Russian model of hybrid aggression. In turn, this allows to generalize this type of aggression, suggesting it became a typical and widely used war technology in Russia’s foreign policy against many countries. The only difference displayed by other European countries, in contrast to Moldova, is that they have specific levels of vulnerability, and thus trigger responses from Russia that are tailored to exploit that variation in their degrees of vulnerability.

This analytical study will assess the current EU-Moldova relationship, through the implementation of the AA/DCFTA. Using relevant criteria, the study will outline the major achievements during the implementation of the AA/DCFTA along with setbacks with a particular focus on the role of the Moldovan authorities and the extent to which they deviated from the commitment to pursue an ‘European path’. In addition, the document also explores the role of the European Union in the Transnistrian settlement process. More specifically, the paper will explore whether there is a role for the EU as a mediator rather than observer, and the implications of the DFCTA in the breakaway region (where it is partially implemented).

Major trends in Moldova’s parliamentary election The 2019 parliamentary election in the Republic of Moldova was the first vote under the mixed system in the...

Security challenges arising from hybrid threats are high on security agenda in the Republic of Moldova as well as regionally. In the period of electoral process, the hybrid context became more tangible. A Moldovan asymmetric approach to the Russian hybrid threats have created provocative conditions in which reducing the threats and eventually preventing it was impossible. Moldova will remain in a so called «gray» zone for a long time due to misunderstanding of Russia worldview and using Russian support in the double political game of the potential electoral participants. The internal political situation of the country depends on the results of coalition formation in the Parliament.

An opinion expressed by Victoria Bucătaru the Executive Director of Foreign Policy Association/Asociația pentru Politica Externă APE, for The Economist in the context of...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Igor Boțan, political analyst, director of ADEPT: ”An impoverished society from which the quality people run away cannot give optimistic...

Moldova: Aleas jacta est! Even though it is still winter outside, the degree of political heat in the Republic of Moldova is getting higher and...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. HE Daniel Ioniță, Romanian Ambassador to Chisinau: “I wish the principles and values governing the common policies of the European...

Moldova is an important part of the intricate regional situation in the Black Sea region. Redefning Russia’s role by the states of the region,...

Moldova’s media face a major challenge in that they are subject to political influence, concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs, and lack...

The Republic of Moldova and the United States of America relationship could be analyzed as interactions between a superpower and a small state, and...

Year of change in the Eastern Partnership. The new 2019 should be a year of change, both in the partner states and in the region...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION:  1. Claus Neukirch, Head of the OSCE Mission to the Republic of Moldova: “Perspectives always exist, so, let’s be constructive and...

Victoria Bucataru, Executive director, Foreign Policy Association The year 2018, which is rapidly approaching its end, was marked by an unprecedented degradation of the relationship between...

Victoria Bucătaru, executive director, Foreign Policy Association Natalia Stercul, programme director, Foreign Policy Association The uncertainty, together with the desire to prevent more obvious major democratic...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Iurie Leancă, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova: “We are trying to re-consolidate the relationship, keep the...

Is it time to worry? The incident in the Kerch Strait is a game changer in the Kremlin’s “hybrid” war. For the first time Russia...

Victoria Bucătaru, Executive director, Foreign Policy Association The East-West controversy in the public discourse of the political elites in Chisinau is finally taking new shape...