We are honored to invite you to the Lublin Forum 2026, held at the Lublin Conference Center on May 19–20, 2026. This year’s edition, titled “Russian Aggression: Roots and Forms,” will combine historical and political science perspectives, enabling experts, researchers, and practitioners to analyze the long-term continuity of Russian imperialism, its historical...
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The 2026 parliamentary elections in Slovenia failed to produce a clear winner, thereby opening space for complex coalition negotiations. The narrow margin between the two leading parties, Svoboda and SDS, combined with their substantial ideological differences, constrains viable coalition options and contributes to heightened political uncertainty. Election Results. According to...
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We are honored to invite you to the Lublin Forum 2026, held at the Lublin Conference Center on May 19–20, 2026. This year’s edition, titled “Russian Aggression: Roots and Forms,” will combine historical and political science perspectives, enabling experts, researchers, and practitioners to analyze the long-term continuity of Russian imperialism, its historical...
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The replenishment of natural gas stocks in Europe during 2026 is taking place amid heightened uncertainty, driven by simultaneous disruptions to the availability of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The low post‑winter storage fill level (around 29%) amplifies the scale of the challenge, while adverse price signals reduce the incentive for...
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A victory for the TISZA party (Tisztelet és Szabadság Párt) in Hungary’s 2026 parliamentary elections could trigger an adjustment to the country’s energy policy, which in recent years has been grounded in dependence on supplies of Russian commodities (crude oil and natural gas) and in nuclear cooperation under the Paks II project. The scope and pace of any changes, however,...
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On 19–20 May, Lublin Forum 2026 will be taking place at the the Lublin Conference Centre. This year’s edition is titled Russian Aggression: Roots and Forms. Societies of Central and Eastern Europe, a region described by Kroutvor as an “anecdote” of European modernity, situated between the experience of subordination and the necessity of constantly explaining...
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This panel will analyse the relationships between the states of Central and Eastern Europe and the Global South in the context of the advancing multipolarisation of the international system. The growing agency of non-European actors, the erosion of Western dominance, and intensifying great-power rivalry are reshaping the strategic environment in which the states of the...
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Contemporary Russian imperialism is based not only on military and economic instruments but also largely on cultural conditions that oppose progressivism and liberal modernity. It is founded on conservative counter-revolution and anti-modernism, which contribute to the destabilisation of the liberal-democratic order and are one of the key factors in the geopolitical failures of...
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EU and NATO enlargement has become a key arena for geopolitical rivalry between the Euro-Atlantic institutions and Russia. Yet it is not only a story of great-power competition; the process is also shaped by the strategic agency of candidate and aspiring states, including Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and the Western Balkans. This panel asks whether...
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This panel examines the Baltic Sea and Black Sea basins, as well as the Arctic, as arenas of NATO and EU strategic competition with Russia, where regional actors (Baltic and Nordic countries, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania) are developing their own maritime security doctrines and implementing EU and NATO strategic frameworks. Regional states are not merely passive objects of...
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