Institute for Regional and International Studies

Elusive Identity: Duality and Missed Opportunities in Bulgarian Foreign Policy in the Black Sea Region

June 11, 2015

A policy paper by IRIS Programme Director Stefan Ralchev which is part of the book, Unrewarding Crossroads? The Black Sea Region amidst the European Union and Russia published by the Sofia Platform (eds. Anahit Shirinyan and Louisa Slavkova).

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The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) is an independent, non-government think tank. IRIS was established on June 11, 1997 by leading Bulgarian public and political figures, NGO leaders and prominent Bulgarian scholars in international relations, Balkan studies, history, social and political science, anthropology and economics.

The Institute for Regional and International Studies initiates, develops and implements civic strategies for democratic politics on national, regional and international level. The Institute promotes the values of democracy, civil society, freedom and respect of law, assists the process of Bulgarian integration in NATO and the EU and provides public policy analyses on current domestic and international issues. IRIS represents a strategic combination of advocacy-oriented and education-oriented think tank.