Publications
Open Letter to UN Secretary General – 29 May 2024
URGENT – OPEN LETTER H.E. António GuterresSecretary-General of the United Nations760 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017 29 May 2024 Dear Secretary-General, As current and former United Nations Ambassadors, experts, and officials, we are deeply alarmed by the...
The Importance of Multilateral Dialogue in the 21st Century
An article written by the Director "Regional Cooperation" of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, Thorsten Geissler, has been published in a publication edited by NATO Security Assistance Force Centre of Excellence titled "Out Thinking on NATO 2022 Strategic Concept". So...
The open door policy has been upheld: What are possible options?
This text is a transcript of a speech by Dr. Passy at the high-level event Balkan and Black Sea Perspectives 2022, which took place on 7th of December 2022 in Rome. Before delving into the main topic of this conversation, I would like to briefly discuss three...
War, Words, Weapons
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom has asked Solomon Passy who has served as Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister from 2001 to 2005 and who was instrumental in guiding his nation to NATO membership in 2004 to write down his own assessment of Russia’s war against...
The India–NATO Council and a Tri-Polar World
India–West cohesion is vital for global democracy with the NATO–India Council filling a strategic gap A COVID-19 Postscript This paper outlines the strategic need for a qualitatively new type of large-scale cooperation between Indiaand the West. It was drafted and...
20 Years Promoting Tolerancein Central, East and Southeast Europe
I am a modest representative of the lucky Bulgarian Jewish community that was saved by the brave Bulgarian people during WWII. My first exposure to public political activity was back in 1985 when, at the age of 28, I was one of those who supported the Turkish minority...