Fellowship Policy Papers - Think Visegrad

Download Policy Papers delivered by non-V4 expert fellows within the Think Visegrad Fellowship.

2024

Marko Lončar (Bosna and Herzegovina), visiting research fellow at the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)

Topic: The Visegrad Group and Western Balkans: lessons and interactions in perspective

2023

Taras Prodaniuk (Ukraine), visiting research fellow at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

Topic: The fight for freedom Ukraine’s mitigation of war conditions for democratic process

Luka Nikolić (Montenegro), visiting research fellow at the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)

Topic: Disruptive disinformation: countering malign Russian influence in Estonia and Ukraine

Dea Elmasllari (Albania), visiting research fellow at GLOBSEC Policy Institute

Topic: Digital youth engagement in Slovakia and Poland: How is technology leveraging participatory democracy

David Cadier (France), visiting research fellow at Institute of International Relations (IIR)

Topic: Changes in France’s policies towards Ukraine and Russia: Implications for Central Europe

Ayhan Satiji (Azerbaijan), visiting research fellow at Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA)

Topic: Examining the impact of the Middle Corridor on the Visegrad Group (V4) countries

Tatiana Cojocari (Romania), visiting research fellow at Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Topic: The European Union engagement with de facto states from the Black Sea region. Some evidence from Transnistria region

Elena Polo (Albania), visitng research fellow at Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID)

Topic: From vague economic criteria to real economic transformation: evidence-based assessment for the Western Balkan candidate countries

Alina Boiko (Ukraine), visitng research fellow at EUROPEUM – Institute for European Policy

Topic: Enhancing governance, stakeholder involvement, and communication in Czech recovery planning: strategic lessons for Ukraine

2022

Loren Kocollari (Albania), visiting research fellow at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) (implemented in 2023)

Topic: Open Balkan – the end of the initiative or a new beginning

Ivan Lidarev (Bulgaria), visiting research fellow at Institute of International Relations (IIR)

Topic: Crisis Impact. China-Central Europe relations amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Nirvana Deliu (Albania), visiting research fellow at Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)

Topic: Ukraine crisis implications on EU migration policy and security

Lilei Song (PRC), visiting research fellow at Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT)

Topic: EU Strategic Autonomy: Views and Positions of Visegrad countries

Yuliia Fetko (Ukraine), visiting research fellow at GLOBSEC Policy Institute

Topic: Cross-border cooperation between local and regional authorities of Ukraine and the Visegrad Group states

Khrystyna Semeryn (Ukraine), visiting research fellow at Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Topic: The role of Ukrainian wartime resilience for modern identity-building

Diana Cucos (Moldova), visiting research fellow at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

Topic: The Diplomatic and Consular Protection of Refugees by Their State of Asylum: Challenges Facing the V4

Dario Čepo (Croatia), visitng research fellow at EUROPEUM – Institute for European Policy

Topic: European Union values and member states: crises, solidarity, and the role of the rotating Council Presidency

2021

Alex Hardy (UK), Visitng Research Fellow at GLOBSEC Policy Institute

Topic: Artificial Intelligence in the Visegrad 4 – Emerging Strategies, Uncoordinated Approaches

Anatoliy Klyuchkovych (Ukraine), Visiting Research Fellow at Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)

Topic: Sociopolitical Stability in the Conditions of the Ukrainian-EU Border – Identification of Threats and Challenges

Dorina Baltag (Moldova), Visiting Research Fellow at Institute of International Relations (IIR)

Topic: The resilience of the Eastern Partnership – what role for the Visegrad countries

Elkhan Nuriyev (Azerbaijan), Visiting Research Fellow at Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT)

Topic: Untangling Russia-West knot of confrontation – what future for a post-Covid-19 European security

Irakli Sirbiladze (Georgia), Visitng Research Fellow at Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID)

Topic: Everything but Article 5. NATO-Georgia and NATO- Ukraine Relations amid the New Strategic Context

Valeriu PAȘA (Moldova), Visiting Research Fellow at Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Topic: Russian soft power and influence projection instruments in Moldova – a forecast for the 2022-2024 period

Mare Uskhovska (North Macedonia), Visitng Research Fellow at EUROPEUM – Institute for European Policy (implemented in 2022)

Topic: Trust in the EU in times of crisis: Public perceptions in the Czech Republic in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic

2020

Nino Gozalishvili (Georgia), Visitng Research Fellow at Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID)

Topic: Disintegration through Integration? Turning to the Transnational Approach to Study: National-Populism on the Example of the Visegrád Group

Dženeta Karabegović (Bosnia and Herzegovina and USA), Visitng Research Fellow at the Institute for International Relations

Topic: Visegrad Countries and Migration Leadership Potential: Contextualizing Opportunities in light of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum and Beyond

Aliaksei Patonia (Belarus), Visiting Research Fellow at the Polish Institute of Internation Affairs (PISM)

Topic: Hydrogen at the Gates: Towards a New Chapter in the EU-Russia Energy Relations

Grégorie Roos (France), Visiting Research Fellow at GLOBSEC Policy Institute

Topic: The V4 and EU Strategic Autonomy – Consensual Voice, Discordant Tones

Giorgi Mukhigulishvili (Georgia), Visiting Research Fellow at Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)

Topic: Assessment of Energy Security in Georgia, Czechia, and Slovakia and their policy objectives

Vasil Navumau (Belarus), Visiting Research Fellow at Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Topic: COVID-19 as a leverage in the information war. How Russia tried to change the course of the political campaigns in Belarus and Ukraine

Dmytro Tuzhanskyi (Ukraine), Visiting Research Fellow at Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT)

Topic: Building Bridges. How to Develop Ukraines neighborhood policy in Central and Eastern Europe using experience of V4 states

2019

Federica Cristani (Italy), Visiting Professor at the School of International Economic Relations and Travel Business of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine)

Hosted by Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)

Topic: Cybersecurity of foreign investment in the Visegrád Four (V4) countries: designing a governance model with(in) Europe

James Hoobler (USA), Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation and Program Manager

Hosted by Institute of Central Europe (IEŚ) in Lublin – under the capacity of Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Topic: Responding to Europe’s Continuing Migration Challenge: Recommendations for Member States

Eoin Micheál McNamara (Ireland), Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at University of Tartu in Estonia

Hosted by Institute of International Relations (IIR)

Topic: Facilitation or Complication? – The Visegrád Four and the Security of NATO’s “Eastern Flank”

Takeshi Miyai (Japan), Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs

Hosted by Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT)

Topic: How Japan’s and China’s Connectivity Visions Intersect in Central and Eastern Europe: Ambitions and Ambiguities

Hanna Shelest (Ukraine), Editor-in-chief at UA: Ukraine Anaylitica; Member of the Board, Foreign Policy Council „Ukrainian Prism”

Hosted by Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID)

Topic: Is There a Future for Security Cooperation between the Visegrad Four and Ukraine?

Katsiaryna Shmatsina (Belarus), Political Analyst, Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies

Hosted by the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM)

Topic: The Importance of the Eastern Partnership for Belarus

Rufin Zamfir (Romania), Programmes Director, GlobalFocus Center, Romania

Hosted by GLOBSEC Policy Institute

Topic: Hybrid threats posed by Russian regional influence in the V4 countries.

Linda Zeilina (Latvia), Director, RE-DEFINE, London; Fellow, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, UK

Hosted by EUROPEUM – Institute for European Policy

Topic: Sustainability and Energy Security: Opportunities and challenges for better policy

2018

Valeriy Semikashev: Analysis of the prospects and risks of cooperaction between Russia and the Visegrad Four countries

Anke Schmidt-Felzmann: The commercial deals connected with Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2

Gentiola Madhi: Western Balkans in the loop Reshaping regional cooperation in times of uncertainty

Sebastian Schäffer: Towards-a-new-model-for-European-governance

Muhammad Mohiuddin: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement_Muhammad

Ruth Ferrero-Turrión: Facing Migration Flows in the EU The Cases of Spain and the Czech Republic

Alex Nice: Brexit Scenarios and the Economic Implications for the Visegrad Four

Mihai Mogildea: The Visegrad Group – A regional integration model for advancing the Europeanization process in Central and Eastern Europe

2017

Hennadiy Maksak: V4+Ukraine security cooperation: limits of possible (Ukrainian perspective) [PDF]

Piotr Rudkouski: Soft Belarusianisation. The ideology of Belarus in the era of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict [PDF]

Nicolas Bouchet:

Andrei Yeliseyeu: Belarusian shrimps anyone? How EU food products make their way to Russia through Belarus [PDF]

Ruben Elamiryan: Eastern Partnership Countries on the Crossroads of the Eurasian Integration Processes [PDF]

Michael Eric Lambert: Russian smart power at work in the Eastern Partnership [PDF]

Urban Jakša:

Sergiy Gerasymchuk: Russian Non-linear Warfare in Ukraine and Moldova: Lessons for Visegrad Countries [PDF]