Velina Tchakarova, M.A.
AIES Director
Twitter: vtchakarova
Press photo (Copyright: Ralph Manfreda)
Velina Tchakarova is Director at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. She holds a M.A. in political science/political science of South Asia from the University in Heidelberg, Germany and a B.A. in international relations from the University of World and National Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Her work includes research, consulting and lectures on the global system transformation and geostrategy of global actors, particularly the EU's role in Eastern Europe. She participates in the Scenario Monitoring Team at the Austrian Ministry of Defence on global system developments and in simulation games at Wikistrat. She takes part in conferences, workshops and internal expert meetings on global system transformation, geostrategy, global order and actors as well as the EU policy in Eastern Europe.
Events
Strategic Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
AIES online panel with Anders Åslund and Martin Sajdik
22.03.2022
Talk with Botschafter Elshad Isgandarov
Visit from the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan
01.03.2022
AUKUS: Resetting the European thinking on Indo-Pacific?
ISDP-Webinar mit Velina Tchakarova
21.10.2021
20 Jahre 9/11 – Geopolitik von New York nach Afghanistan
Podiumsdiskussion der Österreichisch-Amerikanischen Gesellschaft
22.09.2021
Advanced Strategic Course on European Security and Defence
Teilnahme von AIES Direktorin Velina Tchakarova
15.06.2021
Wird Biden der nächste US-Präsident?
Am 13. Oktober 2020 lud Velina Tchakarova Stanley R. Sloan, Gründungsdirektor der "Atlantic Community Initiative", ein, um zu diskutieren, ob der ehemalige Vizepräsident Joe Biden der nächste US-Präsident werden könnte.
21.10.2020
Wir Joe Biden der nächste US-Präsident?
Velina Tchakarova im Gespräch mit Stanley R. Sloan, Gründungsdirektor der Atlantic Community Initiative
13.10.2020
Coping with Coronavirus – Euro-Gulf Perspectives
Online-Konferenz mit AIES Institutsleiterin Velina Tchakarova
30.03.2020
Drifting Apart?
Warum die Vereinigten Staaten Europa brauchen – Und was nun zu tun ist. Podiumsdiskussion zur Zukunft der transatlantischen Beziehungen.
16.03.2020
Wien und die Seidenstraße – Gefahr oder Segen?
Thinkers Night in Wien mit Velina Tchakarova
14.11.2019
Herausforderung China
Sinophone organisierte vom 20. bis 21. März 2019 in der Tschechischen Republik die internationale Konferenz „Wirtschaftliche und strategische Auswirkungen der 'Belt and Road'-Initiative (BRI) für Mittelosteuropa, Zentral- und Südostasien“.
01.04.2019
Publications
Three Seas Initiative
Three Seas Initiative – Mapping National Perspectives. Editors: Andris Sprūds, Mārtiņš Vargulis, Latvian Institute of International Affairs 2022.
20.06.2022
Enter the 'DragonBear'
Velina Tchakarova, Enter the 'DragonBear': The Russia-China Partnership and What it Means for Geopolitics, ORF Issue Brief No. 538, April 2022, Observer Research Foundation.
30.04.2022
Die Geburtsstunde des Drachenbären
Velina Tchakarova: Die Bifurkation des Globalen Systems und die Geburtsstunde des Drachenbären, CSA Kompakt Nr. 02/2022
02.02.2022
Country Perspectives – Austria
Velina Tchakarova: Country Perspectives – Austria; in: Euro-Atlantic Concerns regarding a US »Sole Purpose« Policy, A Review of Twenty-One National Perspectives. Anna Clara Arndt / Liviu Horovitz / Claudia Major / Jonas Schneider / Lydia Wachs (eds.). Reseach Division International Secutiry, WP Nr. 4 December 2021.
13.01.2022
Arms Control
Wolfgang Richter: A Framework for Arms Control – Current Status of and Requirements for Conventional Arms Control in Europe, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Austria Institut für Europa- und Sicherheitspolitik (AIES), Berlin/Vienna 2021
16.11.2021
Der Strategische Kompass der EU
Velina Tchakarova, Michael Zinkanell, Sofia M. Satanakis und Christoph Schwarz: Europas Sternstunde einer geostrategischen Neuausrichtung, in: Der Strategische Kompass der Europäischen Union – Ziele, Perspektiven und Chancen für Österreich, Wien 2021.
15.11.2021
The Three Seas Initiative
Velina Tchakarova, Livia Benko: The Three Seas Initiative as a Geopolitical Approach and Austria's role, AIES Fokus 11/2021
08.06.2021
The CFSP of the EU – The View from Austria
Vladislava Gubalova, PhD, Senior Fellow, Centre for Global Europe (ed.): From Contestation to Buy-In: The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy as seen from European Capitals – National Approaches to the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy. A Collaborative Report
25.05.2021
EU-Trends in 2021
Velina Tchakarova, Michael Zinkanell, Livia Benko, Katrin Süss, Sofia Maria Satanakis, Christoph Schwarz: EU-Trends in 2021, AIES Fokus 1/2021
18.01.2021
The Dragonbear
Velina Tchakarova: The Dragonbear: An Axis of Convenience or a New Mode of Shaping the Global System? Irmo Brief 05/2020
14.05.2020
EU – NATO Relations
Velina Tchakarova, Sofia Maria Satanakis: EU – NATO Relations: Enhanced Cooperation Amidst Increased Uncertainty, AIES Fokus 4/2020
13.05.2020
Covid-19 and Europe-China Relations
Covid-19 and Europe-China Relations
A country-level analysis
European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC)
Special Report – 29 April 2020
29.04.2020
EU-Trends in 2020
Velina Tchakarova, Sofia Maria Satanakis, Michael Zinkanell: EU-Trends in 2020, AIES Fokus 14/2019
23.12.2019
Will the EU lose the East?
Livia Benkova, Apolonija Rihtarić, Velina Tchakarova: Will the EU lose the East? AIES Studies 6 / May 2018.
07.05.2018
Eastern Europe
Velina Tchakarova: Competing geopolitical approaches towards Eastern Europe, AIES Fokus 4/2017
07.12.2017
Das Globale System im Umbruch
Velina Tchakarova: Das Globale System im Umbruch, AIES Fokus 8/2016
22.12.2016
What future for the Eastern Partnership?
Velina Tchakarova: What future for the Eastern Partnership? More than a partnership, less than a membership, AIES Fokus 5/2015
28.08.2015
Chronologie der Krise in der Ukraine
Velina Tchakarova: Chronologie der Krise in der Ukraine: eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme (Teil 2), AIES Fokus 3/2014.
04.06.2014
Chronologie der Krise in der Ukraine
Velina Tchakarova: Chronologie der Krise in der Ukraine: eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme (Teil 1), AIES Fokus 3/2014.
03.06.2014
AIES Fokus 6/2013: The EU and its European Neighborhood
Velina Tchakarova: The European Union and its European Neighborhood: Before and After the Vilnius Summit of the Eastern Partnership, AIES Fokus 6/2013.
22.12.2013
AIES Fokus 1/2013: Die Eurasische Wirtschaftsunion
Velina Tchakarova: Die Eurasische Wirtschaftsunion: Ist Russland auf dem Vormarsch im GUS-Raum? AIES Fokus 1/2013.
28.11.2013
AIES Fokus 2/2012: Die Erweiterungspolitik der EU
Velina Tchakarova: Die Zukunft der Erweiterungspolitik der EU: von normativer Macht zum geopolitischen Imperativ? AIES Fokus 2/2012.
13.07.2012
AIES Fokus 7/2011: NATO-Raketenabwehrschild
Velina Tchakarova: Ein NATO-Raketenabwehrschild in Europa: Ambitioniertes Abrüstungsprojekt oder Auslöser eines neuen Rüstungswettlaufs?, AIES Fokus 7/2011.
19.12.2011
AIES Fokus 10/2010: Die Innen- und Justizpolitik der EU
Arnold Kammel, Marie Luková: Die Innen- und Justizpolitik der EU nach dem Vertrag von Lissabon, AIES Fokus 10/2010.
21.12.2010
AIES Fokus 9/2010: Die Östliche Partnerschaft
Velina Tchakarova: Die Östliche Partnerschaft: ein Königsweg für Osteuropa zwischen europäischen Integrationsalternativen und russischen Machtaspirationen? AIES Fokus 9/2010.
16.12.2010
AIES Fokus 3/2010: Zwischeneuropa, EU und Russland
Velina Tchakarova: Zwischeneuropa im Spannungsfeld außen- und sicherheitspolitischer Interessen der EU und Russlands, AIES Fokus 3/2010.
11.06.2010
Activities
Biden reveals an uncomfortable truth about NATO's divide on Russian aggression in Ukraine
Statement by Velina Tchakarova / CNN
20.01.2022
What the Kazakhstan crisis tells us about international relations
Commentary by Velina Tchakarova / CEIAS Considers
20.01.2022
The EU realizes it can't rely on America for protection
Statement by Velina Tchakarova / CNN
20.11.2021
Geopolitical Europe: How to navigate in the Indo-Pacific Decade?
By Velina Tchakarova / medium.com
19.11.2021
AUKUS: Resetting European Thinking on Indo-Pacific?
Special Paper with the participation of Velina Tchakarova
25.10.2021
What The New German Government Coupd Look Like: The Three Options
Podcast with Velina Tchakarova / @StratNewsGlobal (Soundcloud)
01.10.2021
America's deal with UK and Australia leaves France bruised and Europe in the cold on China
Statements by Velina Tchakarova / CNN
17.09.2021
Partnership for a Rules-based Order in the Indo-Pacific
Participation of Velina Tchakarova, Bled Strategic Forum 2021 / bledstrategicforum.org
02.09.2021
Nations have vastly different approaches towards relations with the Taliban
Interview with Velina Tchakarova / DW News
31.08.2021
Will China get embroildes in the Graveyard of Empires?
By Velina Tchakarova / 9dashline.com
29.07.2021
The Biden-Putin meet in Geneva is a spill-words summit
Statements by Velina Tchakarova / The Probe
14.06.2021
EU-India relations further strengthened after the Leaders’ Meeting, say think tanks experts
Webinar with Velina Tchakarova / eeas.europa.eu
14.05.2021
10 megatrends shaping emerging Europe in the post-pandemic 2020s
Statements by Velina Tchakarova / intellinews.com
11.05.2021
Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Decade – Part II
Intervention by Velina Tchakarova / TDHJ, Special Edition #2
01.05.2021
United States and the significance of global choke points
Essay by Velina Tchakarova / wszystkoconajwazniejsze.pl
22.04.2021
Systems thinking in Global Affairs with Velina Tchakarova
Podcast by Velina Tchakarova / Spotify
22.03.2021
India and China: Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific Decade – Part I
By Velina Tchakarova / 9dashline.com
08.03.2021
The EU and India: A Geoeconomic Approach towards Establishing a Far-Reaching Partnership in the Indo-Pacific region
Paper by Velina Tchakarova / euindiathinktanks.com
11.11.2020
EU-India think tanks present insights on effective bilateral cooperation for a post-Covid world
Participation by Velina Tchakarova / euindiathinktanks.com
11.11.2020
COVID19 and the Indo-Pacific Decade
By Velina Tchakarova, Raisina Debates / orfonline.org
08.07.2020
Cracks in the Trump-Europe relationship are turning into a chasm
Statement by Velina Tchakarova / CNN
04.07.2020
China – Russia: Six Questions Considering the Dragonbear
By Velina Tchakarova / Medium.com
02.08.2019
China and Russia Are Getting Along Better Than Ever, the U.S. Has Only Made It Easier for Them
Statements by Velina Tchakarova / Newsweek
08.07.2019
Boosting Europe's interests in an increasingly bipolar world
By Velina Tchakarova / Medium.com
14.06.2019
Videos
Nukleare Drohungen, Teilmobilisierung: Bröckelt Putins Macht, oder ist er gefährlicher denn je?
Videodebatte "STANDARD mitreden" mit Velina Tchakarova
24.09.2022
Teilmobilmachung in Russland - Droht die Eskalation im Ukrainekrieg?
ORF Runder Tisch mit Velina Tchakarova
21.09.2022
NATO's New Enemy: China
Velina Tchakarova in conversation with Surva Gangadharan, StratNewsGlobal
04.07.2022
The Power of Europe - warum die Zukunft nur gemeinsam erlebbar ist
Velina Tchakarova beim 4GAMECHANGERS Festival in Wien
30.06.2022
European integration in the light of geopolitical challenges
Discussion panel at wiiw Spring Seminar 2022 with Velina Tchakarova
14.06.2022
Neutralität: „Heilige Kuh, die man nicht antastet"
Velina Tchakarova beim Kronenzeitung Talk mit Katia Wagner
25.05.2022
Sicherheitsexpertin Tchakarova zu NATO und Russland
AIES Direktorin Velina Tchakarova im ZIB2-Interview mit Armin Wolff / ORF
15.05.2022
Talk im Hangar-7: Krise ohne Ende: Ist das wirklich unser Krieg?
Statements von Velina Tchakarova
13.05.2022
The Future of Europe in Light of the Russian War against Ukraine
Round Table Discussion in Vienna
13.05.2022
China's Bilateral Relations – Decoding the Idea of Communist China
Discussion with Velina Tchakarova
10.05.2022
Ukraine-Krieg: Die Waffen hoch, die Waffen nieder – Was bringt uns den Frieden wieder?
ORF Talk „Im Zentrum“ mit AIES-Direktorin Velina Tchakarova
08.05.2022
Putin und die Supermacht China: Hat der Westen immer weniger Einfluss?
STANDARD-Videodiskussion u.a. mit Velina Tchakarova
10.04.2022
Trendforum: Wie kann unser Energiesystem krisenfester werden?
Österreichs E-Wirtschaft, mit Velina Tchakarova
31.03.2022
Disruption of Global Supply Chains
Velina's Talk with Ross Kennedy, founder of Fortis Analysis
28.03.2022
Ukraine & Russland: Eine historisch ambivalente Beziehung
Podiumsdiskussion der Politischen Akademie u.a. mit Velina Tchakarova
22.03.2022
Krieg in der Ukraine – Österreichs Sicherheitspolitik auf dem Prüfstand
ORF 'Politik am Ring' – TV-Diskussion mit Velina Tchakarova
21.03.2022
Climate Change: A Preferred Arena for Global Competition?
Online Discussion with Velina Tchakarova
14.01.2022
The impact of the Dragonbear on global and European affairs?
CDI Talks, Episode 12, with Velina Tchakarova
02.12.2021
Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Bulgaria 2021
Online Panel Discussion with Velina Tchakarova
18.11.2021
AUKUS: Resetting the European Thinking on Indo-Pacific?
Webinar by the Institute for Security and Development Policy with Velina Tchakarova
13.10.2021
US-China Systemic Rivalry
AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Kyle Bass, Chief Investment Officer Hayman Capital Management.
14.07.2021
Free and Open Indo–Pacific (FOIP) Perspectives of Japan and Austria/Europe
Webinar co-hosted by the Embassy of Japan in Austria, and the AIES
30.06.2021
Connectivity Geopolitics of the Mediterranean and Africa
AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Prof. Michaël Tanchum
29.06.2021
The Future Starts Now
Velina Tchakarova speaks with futurist and economist Bronwyn Williams
24.06.2021
Webinar: The future of the multilateral, rule-based international order
Online webinar with Velina Tchakarova
22.06.2021
Russia and the Construct of the Indo-Pacific
#GlobalHint | Episode 2 | Season 2 with Velina Tchakarova
15.06.2021
Robotic Wars
Velina Tchakarova speaks with Markus Reisner, Colonel (General Staff), Austrian Armed Forces
27.05.2021
Learnings from High Level EU-India Leaders Meeting 2021
Evaluating the Strategic Partnership after the Porto Summit, Session 2, Velina Tchakarova
11.05.2021
Covid-19 and the Middle East
Velina Tchakarova talks with Michael Tanchum and Mitchell Belfer
06.05.2021
Disease, Disorder and Disunity
Velina Tchakarova talks with Harald Malmgren and Albert Marko
30.04.2021
A new New World Order?
In this episode of The Small Print, Bronwyn is joined by political scientist Velina Tchakarova to discuss global macro trends in a post-Covid world.
22.04.2021
Kronenzeitung „Moment Mal“: Impfen ist politisch
„Russland will zeigen, wie gespalten Europa ist“
16.04.2021
Geoeconomic Trends and Shifts
AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Pippa Malmgren, an American policy and economic analyst.
16.04.2021
Perceptions of the EU in Central Europe amid COVID-related crisis
Online Panel with Velina Tchakarova
23.03.2021
Towards Inclusive Democracies – Women’s Representation, Leadership, Security, and International Relations
Online panel with Velina Tchakarova
27.10.2020
Will Joe Biden be the next US President?
Velina Tchakarova im Gespräch mit Stanley R. Sloan, Gründungsdirektor der Atlantic Community Initiative
13.10.2020
The Post-Coronavirus Financial and Monetary System
Velina Tchakarova talks with James Rickards, NY Times bestselling author 'The New Great Depression: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World'
24.04.2020
Three reasons why Europeans should vote
Velina Tchakarova, Head of AIES, has three reasons why Europeans should take part in the election for the European Parliament.
20.05.2019
Trump, the Dragonbear, and the bipolar World Order 2.0
By Velina Tchakarova, Head of Institute, AIES
09.07.2018