The landlocked African nation of Niger, a US ally, saw its democratic government overthrown by a military coup last week. Could it be a coincidence that the coup came at the same time as the Africa-Russia Summit in St Petersburg, which Niger’s elected president skipped? In Ep 1282 of Cut…
Velina Tchakarova took part in this podcast dedicated to the current situation regarding commodities, geopolitical developments, and macro analysis. She covered the ongoing situation following Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
Mercenaries from Russian military company Wagner launched joint drills with the Belarusian military on Thursday, almost a month after their short-lived rebellion against Moscow. Poland built up troops on its border with Belarus in response to the war games. The maneuvers followed a pledge by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to…
During Kigali Global Dialogue 2023, Velina Tchakarova, Visiting Fellow of Observer Research Foundation, moderated a conversation with H.E. Moussa Mara, Former Prime Minister of Mali, and Member, Club de Madrid, Mali, on “The Great Pause: Post-Pandemic Africa and World Disorder”
Speakers:Velina TchakarovaFounder, For A Conscious Experience (FACE), AustriaJoseph ChangAssociate Research Fellow, Institute for National Defense and Security ResearchModerator:Peter GrkSecretary General, Bled Strategic Forum, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia
Anthony B. Kim - Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation Ph.D. Paweł Ukielski - Head of the Department of Central and Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet Studies Velina Tchakarova - Expert in the field of Geopolitics
Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist who has immersed himself in the world of international affairs throughout his career. He is also an author and has published multiple books including his latest one "The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization". He has also…
Dimitar Bechev is Lecturer at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), University of Oxford. He is also the author of Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe. In this episode he talks about the past and the future of Turkey, it's relationship with regional and global powers and…
On 29 November, three expert panelists joined the Indo-German Centre for Business Excellence (IGC) to summarise Indo-German relations in 2023 and insights for 2024.












