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. In the text entitled “The end of the first quarter of the 21st century, marked by significant searches for new global geopolitical balances”, General (Rtd) Corneliu Pivariu, a member of IFIMES Advisory Board and founder and former CEO at Ingepo Consulting, writes about the conclusions of two important summits - the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the latest NATO summit.
