Dimitar Bechev is senior visiting fellow in the European Institute of the London School of Economics. He is an affiliate of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), a research unit in St Antony's College, Oxford University, and was head of the Sofia office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). His publications include (as editor) What Does Turkey Think (ECFR, June 2011) and Turkey's Illiberal Turn (ECFR, 2014)
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Bulgaria in limboA messy election in a troubling time leaves Bulgarians still waiting for light.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Bulgaria: leaving no man's land behind for the EU open doorOne lesson we are learning is that although Brussels is important, it is not a universal solution. Brussels is used...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Britain's Bulgaria-Romania phobiaThe panic in Britain over prospective Bulgarian and Romanian immigration is based on misunderstanding of European...
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Published in: HomeBulgaria: students to the rescue
A prolonged crisis in Bulgaria exposes the bankruptcy of an entire political system in desperate need of renewal,...
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Published in: HomeTurkey, a people-power tide
The eruption of protest in Istanbul and other Turkish cities expresses vigorous opposition to the political...
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Published in: HomeBulgaria’s elections: change we disbelieve in
A mixed result offers some satisfaction to all of Bulgaria's largest parties. But signs of escape from the country's...