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The Iran Conflict and European Energy Security: Two Months In

Russia is the biggest winner, Beijing is the broker. Europe has a small political window opened by Hungary’s election and has yet to build th...

When transparency becomes a vulnerability

A new ICE brief by our colleague Miro Sedlák raises a provocative but timely question: has @NATO’s hard‑won predictability become too easy to read?...

Europe’s Defence Industrial Awakening: The Governance Gap Behind the Spending Surge

The EU has built a rulebook for defence-industrial coordination and the first tranche of money to start funding the factories. Whether member state...

The Iran Conflict and European Energy Security: One Month In

The post-Russia energy architecture was never post-geopolitical. It was just geopolitical in a different direction. Institute for Central Europe — ...

District Heating Under Hybrid Attack: Europe’s Municipal Gap and Ukraine’s Resilience Model

Europe secured its gas pipelines and hardened its electricity grids. It left the last mile of heat delivery — the municipal layer that keeps 100 mi...

Reflections from ACRONYM Mobilities: Interviews with François Gemenne and Anneliese Depoux

As the ACRONYM project reached its final phase, we spoke with François Gemenne and Anneliese Depoux about their research mobilities in Bratislava a...

ACRONYM analysis: How have European attitudes toward migration evolved over the past decade?

This analysis examines public opinion on migration in France, Germany and the Visegrad countries between 2014 and 2024 using Eurobarometer survey d...

ACRONYM analysis: How have European attitudes toward migration evolved over the past decade?

This analysis examines public opinion on migration in France, Germany and the Visegrad countries between 2014 and 2024 using Eurobarometer survey d...

What the Iran War Reveals About Europe’s Air Defence Gap

Europe diagnosed the problem correctly — but prescribed a three-year treatment for a condition that can become acute overnight. Institute for Centr...

The Iran Conflict and European Energy Security: Short- and Mid-Term Implications

This crisis is the strongest argument yet for accelerating clean-energy deployment as a hard security imperative. Institute for Central Europe — Mi...

Why Facts Are Not Enough

From Climate Inaction to Democratic Vulnerability: Psychological Barriers in the Age of Climate Disinformation ICE Perspective At the Institute for...

ACRONYM Policy Paper: Making Cooperation Possible: Narratives, Trust and Moral Frameworks in Europe’s Asylum and Migration Debate

Migration is one of the most polarising issues in Europe – not only because of its scale, but because of the meanings attached to it. Our new...

ACRONYM Policy Paper: Making Cooperation Possible: Narratives, Trust and Moral Frameworks in Europe’s Asylum and Migration Debate

Migration is one of the most polarising issues in Europe – not only because of its scale, but because of the meanings attached to it. Our new...

Introducing the ACRONYM Educational Package

We are pleased to introduce the ACRONYM Educational Package, a set of teaching resources designed for upper secondary schools and university course...

An Interview with Clarissa Tabosa on Teaching, Cooperation, and the Legacy of ACRONYM

As the ACRONYM project comes to a close, we spoke with Clarissa Tabosa, Rotating Chair in Migration and Asylum Studies and Assistant Professor at t...

ACRONYM Team Wrap-Up Meeting in Bratislava

In December 2025, the ACRONYM project team gathered in Bratislava at the Institute for Central Europe (ICE) for its final in-person working meeting...

ACRONYM Organises Paris Policy Dialogue on Migration: Key Insights and Outcomes

Paris, 8. December 2025 On 8 December 2025, the ACRONYM project organised a closed-door Policy Dialogue on Migration at the Conférence des Évêques ...

ICE in the podcast Slovensko a svet očami diplomatov

Bratislava, december 2025 (Note: The podcast is in Slovak) Katarína Cséfalvayová was a guest on the podcast Slovensko a svet očami diplomatov (Slov...

How Dual-Use Technologies Can Turn Europe’s Potential into Power

The new Atomico State of European Tech report has just been released, and it offers a picture of Europe that is far more complex and far more hopef...

ICE at the Opening Panel of WARM Paris 2025

Bringing the CEE Perspective to Europe’s Climate and Geopolitical Debate On 5 November 2025, ICE Director Katarína Cséfalvayová spoke at the openin...

ACRONYM Final Conference in Paris

Paris, November 4.-5. 2025 Looking back at ACRONYM Final Conference in Paris On November 4–5, the ACRONYM Project held its final conference in Pari...

ACRONYM Educational Video Series on Migration

We are proud to present the ACRONYM Educational Video Series on Migration, a collection of short, accessible videos featuring leading experts in mi...

ACRONYM at the International Conference “Migration, a Pilgrimage of Hope” in Rome – Key Outcomes

Rome, October 2025 From 21–23 October 2025, the ACRONYM team participated in the international conference “Migration, a Pilgrimage of Hope” held at...

The first joint ICE and Pleronix analysis explores a realistic air-defense strategy for Europe

The first joint publication resulting from the new cooperation between the Institute for Central Europe (ICE) and Pleronix is the analysis “Afforda...

Dialogue Across the Mediterranean: ACRONYM at the Med25 – Bel Espoir Initiative in Albania

During the first week of August, Névyne Zeineldin represented the ACRONYM project at Med25 Bel Espoir initiative in Albania. Med25, organised by th...

ACRONYM hosts online workshops on reporting migration and asylum

Over three Fridays in September and October 2025, the ACRONYM project hosted a series of online activities for professional and student journalists...

From Laggards to Leaders: Green Innovation and CEE’s Climate Opportunity

New ICE Policy Brief | October 2025 As Europe accelerates its push toward climate neutrality, Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are ofte...

ACRONYM Final Conference 2025

Paris, 4. – 5. 11. 2025 The event will focus on how migration is perceived, represented, and governed across Europe, with particular attentio...

Space: Europe´s Next Dual-Use Frontier

Satellites guide planes, track crops, and enable secure communications. They also underpin military operations and national sovereignty. As Europe ...

The Dual-Use Gap That Puts Europe at Risk

Europe and the United States have taken very different paths on dual-use innovation. America’s demand-driven model has produced scale and speed, wh...

Call for applications : Online Training – Journalism, Migration & Asylum

The ACRONYM project is pleased to organize a capacity-bulding activity for journalism students and professional journalists from across the Europea...

Beyond Borders: Representations, Perceptions and Lines of Passage, ACRONYM Summer School 2025 at Corsica

From 6 to 11 July 2025, the STARESO Research Station in Calvi, Corsica, hosted the third edition of the ACRONYM project’s interdisciplinary summer ...

Green Meets Grey: Can Europe Align the Green Transition with Strategic Security Goals?

Europe’s green and defence ambitions are no longer on separate tracks. As dual-use technologies blur the lines between sustainability and security,...

From Peace to Power: The Innovation Shift Europe Didn’t Plan For

The lines between civil and military innovation in Europe are no longer holding. As new strategies, funding tools, and political imperatives take s...

No Longer Classified: Who is Building the Future of Defence

The future of defence is being shaped by people far from the battlefield — and often outside the defence industry altogether. From Ukraine’s garage...

The Dual-Use Dilemma: Why Europe Must Rethink Civil-Military Innovation

From satellites to AI, today’s most transformative technologies don’t fit neatly into boxes marked “civilian” or “military.” In Europe, the rise of...

Cardboard, Cabins, and Code: What Ukraine’s Deep Strike Tells Us About the Future of Innovation

Ukraine launched one of the most daring operations of the war — a drone strike deep inside Russia using modified civilian tech. In Cardboard, Cabin...

EU SAFE

The EU is launching a new mechanism aimed at supporting the European defense industry. Support for joint procurement and new financial opportunitie...

ACRONYM Final Conference 2025 – Call for Papers

We encourage all interested participants to join the event, even without a paper presentation! Register here before 9 October 2025: Conference Regi...

Readiness 2030 – the EU’s plan to ReArm Europe

Our latest analysis dives into the European Commission’s “White Paper for European Defence” and the ambitious ”ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030.” F...

EU Perspectives Podcast on the Future of European Defence

Brussels, 18.3.2025 In one of the latest episodes of the EU Perspectives podcast, ICE’s defence expert, Martin Fedor, joined a powerful debate on t...

ICE Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Slovak Armed Forces

Košice, December 3, 2024 The Institute for Central Europe, in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic and the Faculty of ...

ICE Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Slovak Armed Forces

Košice, December 3, 2024 The Institute for Central Europe, in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic and the Faculty of ...

Panel Discussion on Green Ambitions vs. Industrial Competitiveness

Bratislava,10.3.2025 ICE accepted the invitation to participate in a panel discussion organized by the initiative „Spoločne o EÚ,“ which focuses on...

EU Perspectives Podcast on Migration, Democracy and Unity

Brussels, 18.3.2025 “Migration remains the one pain point we haven’t managed to resolve with a final system that works for everyone,” said Katarína...

ACRONYM Summer School on Migration and Asylum 2025

Corsica, 6.-11.7.2025 Join the ACRONYM Summer School on Migration and Asylum in beautiful Corsica titled: „Beyond Borders: Representations, Percept...

Seminar: Church and Migration – Exploring Priests’ Perspectives on Migration and Asylum

Belgium, February 2025 Date: Tuesday 18 February 2025, 2.30-5 PMLocation: UC LouvainFormat: Half-day seminar including presentations and panel disc...

ACRONYM – Advancing Cooperation on Asylum and Migration

1.1.2023 – 31.12.2025 The project, funded under the Horizon Europe scheme, aims to strengthen cooperation between ICE, the University of Liège, and...

Strengthening Excellence of the Institute for Central Europe: The Second Agile Project Management Training

Bratislava, December 2024 The Institute for Central Europe (ICE) recently hosted the second Agile Project Management training session under the ACR...

Podcast Perspektivy Česka

Praha, 16.12.2024 ICE prijalo pozvanie do podcastu České justice a Ekonomického deníku “Perspektivy Česka.” Katarína Cséfalvayová spolu s českým mi...

Pivotal Agile Project Management Training

Bratislava, July 2024 The ICE team had the opportunity to participate in a pivotal Agile Project Management Training session under the ACRONYM proj...

Life Cycle Management of Military Equipment: Experiences, Expectations and Opportunities for Collaboration

Research at ICE explores various options for cooperation in managing the life cycle of military equipment. This document is a product of the projec...

Environmental Changes and Migration: Bridging Disciplines for a New Research Agenda

Liège, 9.-12.7.2024 The Acronym Project recently hosted its second annual conference on asylum and migration, titled “Environmental Changes &...

Beyond Borders: Migration, Myths and Media Training for students & journalists by Désinfox Migrations

Bratislava, 26.6.2024 On June 26, 2024, Tania Racho from Desinfox-Migrations delivered an insightful presentation on the complex and often misunder...

International Summer School on Migration and Asylum

Bratislava, 23.-28.6.2024 The second edition of the Acronym Summer School on Migration and Asylum, titled “Central and Eastern European Migra...

Kick off of Acronym project

In early 2023, ACRONYM embarked on its journey with a pivotal kick-off event held amidst the breathtaking scenery of Štrbské Pleso in the High Tatr...

Summer School on Environmental Changes and Migration

First annual conference on asylum and migration

Conference – European asylum policy after Ukraine The first annual conference on migration and asylum under the ACRONYM project, titled The ...

Second annual conference on asylum and migration

A rotating chair in Migration and Asylum studies

Summer school 2024: Central and Eastern European Migration and Asylum Policies: Understanding Temporary Protection, Shaping Perceptions, and Fostering Inclusivity

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