Tag: geopolitics

  • Olga Malashkina – Occupied but Empowered? How the Soviets tried to Redefine Women in Austrian Politics

    Olga Malashkina – Occupied but Empowered? How the Soviets tried to Redefine Women in Austrian Politics

    April 1945. Europe, covered in blood and rubble, tries to rebuild itself. Among them Austria – a divided nation, occupied by the Allies. With the country trying to reestablish a republic, women’s votes suddenly become important for political parties. So much that the Soviet Union tried to exploit the feminist agenda to gain influence. How…

  • denkfabrik talk with Branimir Jovanović

    denkfabrik talk with Branimir Jovanović

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    In recent years, the Western Balkans have found themselves at the center of a strategic contest between the EU, China, Russia, and the US. Much of that contest happens behind the closed doors through grants, loans, and investment funding. What do financial flows reveal about the economic game of influence played by the Great Powers?…