NIAS Area Studies: Europe

The NIAS Europe Studies is an academic initiative within the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme. Publications, network, and capacity building are the core tasks of the initiative. The publications include a daily brief, focus notes, comments, issue briefs and event reports. As part of the network and capacity building exercise, the initiative aims to conduct several young scholar workshops on themed topics relating to contemporary Europe. One of the publication's, Europe Monitor, a monthly is a research collaboration between NIAS and India Office of the KAS.

Regular Publications

EUROPE MONITOR
War in Ukraine: Daily Updates

The EM February Edition consists of a Expert Interview: Russia in the International Order, The War in Ukraine: Drones, missiles and counterattacks.

Europe Monitor #29 Vol. 04, No. 02, February 2024
EM Comment
25 Years of Euro: What lies ahead?

EM Comment By Alka Bala 25 Years of Euro: What lies ahead? 01 January 2024, marked the 25 years of the Euro, Europe’s common currency which stands as a symbol of European stability and unity. It was adopted on 01 January 1999 by 11 EU countries, who implemented a single monetary policy outlined...

Alka Bala
14 April 2024
Short Notes
Switzerland: Climate inaction is violation of human rights rules ECHR

By Rosemary Kurian Switzerland: Climate inaction is violation of human rights rules ECHR What is the case?  On 09 April, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Switzerland for violating the human rights of its citizens by failing to sufficiently combat climate change. In a...

17 April 2024 | GP Short Notes # 870
EM Daily Brief
EM in Brief: Plenkovic’s ruling HDZ party wins the Parliamentary elections

By Rosemary Kurian CROATIA Parliamentary elections: Plenkovic’s ruling HDZ party wins On 17 April, Deutsche Welle reported on the win of Andrej Plenkovic of the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the parliamentary elections with 60 seats, but did not claim a majority...

18 April 2024, Thursday | NIAS Europe Daily Brief #811
EM Issue Brief
Germany-Russia Relations: What Next?

NIAS/CSS/CRPR/U/IB/15/2023 NIAS Area Studies Brief No. 61 NIAS Europe Studies 31 July 2023 Russia has emerged as the most divisive issue in the European Union (EU) over the past three decades. In the 1990s, EU members found it relatively easier to settle on a common approach towards Russia...

Himani Pant
31 July 2023

Events

Interview on Russia in International Order

Ambassador D.B.Venkatesh Varma was a Member of the Indian Foreign Service from 1988 to 2021. During his diplomatic career, he has worked in the Ministry of External Affairs, in the Office of External Affairs Minister and in the Prime Minister’s Office. He served as India’s Ambassador to Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, to the Kingdom of Spain and to the Russian Federation, until October 2021.

12 January 2024
Amb D B Venkatesh Varma

About the team

D Suba Chandran

Prof D Suba Chandran is the Dean of the School of Conflict and Security Studies at NIAS. He heads the Science, Technology and International Relations. He coordinates the NIAS Europe Studies.

Sourina Bej

Sourina Bej is a doctoral candidate and KAS-EIZ scholarship holder at the University of Bonn. Her research for the Europe Studies at NIAS includes studying political populism, protest movements, migration and social inclusion, and religious extremism in Western Europe.

Padmashree Anandhan

Padmashree Anandhan is a Project Associate at NIAS, Bangalore. She is associated with the NIAS Europe Studies. Her research focuses on issues relating to politics, protests, maritime and NATO' operations in the Western Europe and Nordic.

Rosemary Kurian

Rosemary Kurian is an Undergraduate Scholar under the Department of International Relations, Peace and Public Policy at St Joseph's University, Bangalore. Her areas of interest include climate change, and populism and policy governance.

Alka Bala

Alka Bala is an undergraduate student at the Department of International Relations, Peace and Public Policy, St. Joseph’s University, Bangalore. Her research interests include social, economic and migration policies in Europe, developments in maritime security and climate change.