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TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova: ”My mandate and that of the...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Daniela Morari, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova: ”It is...

Declaration National Platform of the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership Regarding the situation in the Republic of Moldova 9 June 2019 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the recent...

“The hybrid politics phenomenon in the Eastern European region: informational security from the media perspective in Moldova and Ukraine”, this being the main topic...

Moldova: Stalemate — looking for the way out The way out of the Moldovan domestic politics’ impasse, formed after the parliamentary elections, has not yet...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Tatiana Molcean, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova: ”Our goal...

Victoria Bucataru, Executive director, Foreign Policy Association For almost three years, the news about Brexit and its consequences have become a more frequent and increasingly natural...

Moldova: A new round of political games The intriguing results of parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova will most likely lead to a coalition...

Moldova: Where the three fight, the fourth wins The political situation in Moldova has been slowly getting back on track after the February elections. President...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Stela Jantuan, political analyst: “There are a lot of elements that create this puzzle of insecurity in the “MD” version” 2....

Victoria Bucataru, Executive director, Foreign Policy Association Security is a state and a necessity that concerns us all, whether we are talking about the citizens and...

 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...