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The crisis in Moldova continues to escalate after the government says it has prevented a plot with Russia in the context of the anti-government protests. Hannes Meissner analyses the current situation in a news contribution by Birgit Schwarz (ORF) in the Ö1 Mittagsjournal (13 March).  https://oe1.orf.at/player/20230313/712421/1678707656000

“Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine shifts the focus to the small republic of Moldova. Russian soldiers are stationed in its eastern autonomous region of Transnistria – and Moldova’s pro-European leadership is warning of a coup. Stephan Ozsváth talks about this with political scientist Hannes Meißner.” Please follow the link to the interview.  https://www.inforadio.de/rubriken/vis-a-vis/2023/03/hannes-meissner-ukraine-russland-krieg-ist-moldau-das-naechste-ziel-von-putin.html

NTV Podcast by Kevin Schulte with Hannes Meissner  In a new NTV podcast, Kevin Schulte analyzes the worsening political crisis and security situation in the Republic of Moldova. The Western-oriented government is facing hybrid influence and destabilization attempts by Moscow. A military invasion is currently unlikely, as Russian troops are tied up in Ukraine. However,

Hannes Meissner as a guest on the radio program Ö1 Punkt eins “Moldawien”.   The crisis in the Republic of Moldova continues to escalate. As tensions rise between supporters of the pro-European government and pro-Russian demonstrators, fears are being raised that Russia may be planning a coup d’état. On February 22, Hannes Meissner discussed current developments

            Along with the development of information technologies and financial tools, various manifestations of ordering services and purchasing goods by electronic and mobile methods have become widespread in the world. E-commerce is the fastest growing sector, complementing traditional international trade by providing buyers with cheaper goods manufactured in other countries and shipped via postal channels

In the third episode of the podcast series “EUCON – TheEurasian Podcast” we talk to Hannes Meissner from the Center of Excellencefor Black Sea Studies at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. Hannesis working on political risk analysis and political risk management ofmultinational corporations with a focus on the post-Soviet space. His currentresearch focuses

You are invited to contribute a paper, to present at the Budapest conference on May 11-12, 2023, and to be published in the e-book of the conference proceedings soon thereafter: The European Union, Eurasian Economic Union and the Belt and Road: perceptions, practices and risks in Eurasia Faculty Club, Corvinus University of Budapest May 11

The Republic of Moldova is dependent on Russia. At the same time, Moscow threatens the small country. While the government wants to join the EU, the opposition has strong connections to Russia. Putin’s extended arm is an oligarch who lives in Israel to avoid a prison sentence in his homeland. Dr. Hannes Meissner analyses the

Armenia may be an unlikely place to discuss the challenges of rising China. Yet Yerevan was the venue for a Eurasia-wide conference at which a broad diversity of research was presented on China’s ambitious connectivity projects. EUCON researcher, David Morris, was one of the keynote speakers at the Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia

In the second episode of the podcast series “EUCON – The Eurasian Podcast” Florence Ertel talks to Professor Dr. Daniel Göler from the University of Passau about the implications of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Looking back to the Russian-Ukrainian-European relations before the war, Daniel Göler discusses whether Russia perceives the EU’s normative