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Research Center for the Danube & Black Sea Region
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The Institute of Danube Research studies the macro-region where ten river states and the Black Sea littoral meet — as one connected space of policy, infrastructure and environment.
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The Institute is non-partisan and does not represent any government. Our work is funded by research grants, institutional partnerships and philanthropic support, and all methodology is published alongside results.
Vitalii Barvinenko
Doctor of Law. Professor of the Department of Public Administration and Regional Studies
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Expert Column
Moldovan political analyst Yan Lisnevsky, head of Intellect Group, on the Gagauzia elections, the standing of the former prosecutor general and what the campaign reveals about the country’s institutions.
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The full-scale war has shown that the state needs not only technological adaptation but a revision of settled approaches to geopolitics, transport planning, cross-border cooperation and economic security. The Danube is where those questions converge.
Policy Brief
Professor Togrul Ismail of Kahramanmaraş University responds to the discussion opened by his earlier piece on where the limits of Ankara’s strategic patience run, and what the Montreux regime means for the sea today.
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