International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES[1]) from Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyses developments in the Middle East, the Balkans and around the world. General (Rtd) Corneliu Pivariu is a member of IFIMES Advisory Board and founder and former CEO at Ingepo Consulting. In his text entitled “The Brussels-based bubble is a long time ago no longer infallible”he is writing about the Austria’s veto on Romania’s joining the Schengen area and about the letter of Professor Sorin Ilieșiu addressed recently to the Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
