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The US export restrictions on AI chips: Implications for Poland

Interview conducted by Jakub Skowron . Introduction Technological superiority has always been a defining factor in a country's strength. Whether we look back to ancient times, when armies with more durable weapons held the upper hand on the battlefield, or to the modern era, where the race to develop nuclear…

Blue Europe2025-03-10

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Making the Case for a New Coherent Bulgarian Strategy towards China: A Practitioner’s Analysis of Bilateral Relations

This contribution is part of the book “The Dragon at the Gates of Europe: Chinese presence in the Balkans and Central-Eastern Europe” (more info here) and has been selected for open access publication on Blue Europe website for a wider reach. Citation: Ganchev, Ivo, Making the Case for a New Coherent Bulgarian Strategy towards…

Ivo Ganchev2024-08-16

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Terse rules, loquacious judges: a critical assessment of forty years of abrogative referendums in Italy

Summary The Italian institution of the abrogative referendum presents two categories of problems that hamper its practical implementation. The first is the cumbersome nature of the legal regime governing the referendum initiative. The second is the various ways of neutralising the referendum initiative and its results. These problems relate to…

Chris Vermorken2024-02-29

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Local consideration in education policies of post-war Kosovo

The author : Adalgisa Martinelli graduates in International Affairs at University of Bologna in December 2022, with a Master thesis on “The role of agriculture between Africa and EU relations: Kenya case-study” supervised by Professor Arrigo Pallotti. On May 2023, she receives the award America Giovani from Fondazione Italia-USA for…

Guest Author2023-10-13

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Threats to the Rule of Law in the UK and in Europe

By Lorenza Buttini Lorenza Buttini is a graduate in the master’s degree in law at the University of Pavia with a score of 109/110. Her final dissertation, discussed in December 2022, is about ‘The contrast to the gender pay gap’ in the field of European Comparative Labor Law, with particular…

Guest Author2023-08-09

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Attaining sustainability in Hungary by implementing water related policies

The Danube is a major artery in Budapest, crossed by bridges and used by barges and boats. Hungarians go to Lake Balaton, the country's own inland sea, for recreation and leisure. The special microclimate created by the confluence of the Tisza and Bodrog Rivers gives moisture to the wines of…

Andrea Bogoni2023-02-18

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The Schengen Area, and the adhesion of Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia

The concept of free movement between European countries is quite ancient, dating all the way back to the middle ages. Whereas in modern times, this notion has been debated since since Europe faced devastation as a result of the Second World War. However, tangible measures in this direction occurred only…

Henrique Horta2021-12-21

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The US export restrictions on AI chips: Implications for Poland

Making the Case for a New Coherent Bulgarian Strategy towards China: A Practitioner’s Analysis of Bilateral Relations

Terse rules, loquacious judges: a critical assessment of forty years of abrogative referendums in Italy

Local consideration in education policies of post-war Kosovo

Threats to the Rule of Law in the UK and in Europe

Attaining sustainability in Hungary by implementing water related policies

The Schengen Area, and the adhesion of Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia

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