After the Yugoslav civil war, the European Union tried to establish a period of peace and stability within the Western Balkan area. With the help of the European Union many Western Balkan countries were able to develop themselves and join the European Union. Nevertheless, Kosovo1 remained unstable and …

This chapter links democracy promotion to soft power in order to highlight how the spread of democracy has changed the balance of power between the West and Russia. It considers Putins speech to the 2015 United Nations General Assembly as his intellectual response to democracy promotion and democratization. …

International conflict resolution increasingly involves the use of non-military power and non-kinetic capabilities alongside military capabilities in the face of hybrid threats. In this book, counter-measures to those threats are addressed by academics with both practical and theoretical experience and …

Since Russia occupied Crimea in March 2014, the Western world has been searching for explanations how this operation was conducted and why it came as a surprise for many military and international relations subject matter experts. The Western media followed by NATO called the Russian activities a form …

International conflict resolution increasingly involves the use of non-military power and non-kinetic capabilities alongside military capabilities in the face of hybrid threats. In this book, counter-measures to those threats are addressed by academics with both practical and theoretical experience and …

This research investigates if the DCFTA between the EU and Ukraine has any significant impact on European energy security. From previous gas crisis experiences in 2006, 2009 and 2014 between Ukraine and Russia, left the EU in an uncertain situation in the area of energy security. In this regard, the …

The dissertation at hand intents to analyze how public diplomacy can be used by Romania to improve the image of the European Union in the Republic of Moldova. Romania represents the biggest ally of the Republic of Moldova due to the historical, cultural and linguistic bonds between them. The disappointment …

In this bachelor 's thesis, Critical Thinking is researched. It was investigated to what extent Psychology students of a Russian State University and Applied Psychology students of a Dutch University of Applied Sciences are thinking critically. This was done by a questionnaire, the CT-HK. Lecturers …

http://dx.doi.org/10.14261/postit/0C6A2C6A-5687-474F-99F06AAA881D88D4Conference paper of the Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference (RIEC) at Saxion University of Applied Sciences  (2015/2016)Abstract: Since 2014 the EU and Russia have put in place a set of sanctions which limit trade between …

 http://dx.doi.org/10.14261/postit/738706F3-E88F-4A5A-94415B281D8B9B1DIn 2015 and 2016, Saxion University of Applied Sciences organized the 2nd and 3rd edition of the Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference (RIEC).The authors put forward a hypothesis about absence of fear among modern generation’s …