Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025: Notes on Ukraine, Bosnia, Kosovo, Trump, and EU’s future.
CONFERENCE COMMENTARY from Erste Foundations prestigious Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025
Frontline Dynamics in the War in Ukraine: A Tactical and Strategic Analysis, 25 November 2025
SEIM ANALYTICS CONFLICT & WAR REPORTS - UKRAINE - Frontline Analysis of 25 November 2025
The Asian Century and Asian security challenges:
CONFERENCE REPORTS & ANALYSIS: SEIM Analytics participating and commenting on two public events on the Indo-Pacific at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna on 21 October and 24 November 2025. Also notes on Myanmar.
Vienna Peace and Security Talks 2025: Türkiye - An Ambitious Regional and Global Actor
TÜRKIYE - ANALYSIS & ADVISORY: SEIM Analytics reflecting on the role of Türkiye in Europe’s security architecture and in regional conflicts, among other in light of the war in Ukraine.
Vienna War Museum conference commentary: “The Bosniak and OHR attempt at delegitimization of Republika Srpska will also mean the end of Bosnia”
WAR and MEMORY CONFERENCE COMMENTARY: Dr. Seim commenting on the Musealization of the Croatian and Bosnian Wars 30 Years after Operation “Storm,” Srebrenica, and Dayton. An entry to introduce SEIM’s research project Memory Politics in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina - “a continuation of war by other means” and to discuss the problematic German role in the region.
The Babiš Election Victory in Czechia, and the Contrasts to Other Right-Wing and Populist Movements in Central Europe
ELECTION ANALYSIS: While coalition talks may force concessions to nationalist and populist partners, Czechia’s institutional checks and balances are likely to curb the more extreme outcomes despite the inherent EU-scepticism in the country.
Pro-EU Win in Moldova’s 2025 Parliamentary Election, but Democracy Loses?
ELECTION ANALYSIS: Extended, critical insights on Moldova’s 2025 parliamentary elections. President Maia Sandu's pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won a majority in the parliament, but the pattern of repeated deregistration of pro-Russian candidates risks making Moldova’s difficult balancing of sovereignty and security concerns undermine political pluralism and democracy.
From Bastia over Corte to Ajaccio - a Trip through Corsica’s History and Shifting Identities:
FIELD TRIP REPORT of SEIM Sports and Travel: CORSICA - Hiking the Tavignano Gorge by the Corsican town of Corte, a true hidden paradise.
OSCE - on the 50-years Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act
EVENT REPORT: The public event “50 years of the Helsinki Process: Old Treaties, New Wars.“ Read the key takeaways, reinterpretations, and advice of SEIM Analytics.
Jesenice in the Slovenian Alps
FIELD TRIP REPORT: SLOVENIA - Exploring the post-industrial Slovenian town of Jesenice through the nature and history exposed by the Karavanke hiking trail.
The Spring Seminar of the Vienna Institute of International Economic Studies (WIIW)
CONFERENCE REPORT: WIIW is a leading research institute of economics of Southeast, Central, and Eastern Europe based in Vienna. Read notes on Romania and Poland.
Romania’s Controversial 2025 Repeat Presidential Election
ELECTION FIELD REPORT: Reflections on Romania’s 2025 repeat presidential elections.
Research Cooperation with University of Graz, Center for Southeast European Studies (CSEES)
As Visiting Fellow during the 2024/25 winter semester, Dr. Seim offered a 1-hour university presentation for staff and postgraduate students of the 376-page doctoral dissertation "The Road to War in the Bosnian Municipality of Kotor Varoš in 1992: A Microhistory".
EU and the Western Balkans
SEIM ADVISORY: Independent reflections of SEIM Analytics on the stalled EU-integration and accession process at the Western Balkans after lectures at Graz University.
Finding Solutions for Armenia
SEIM ADVISORY: Armenia’s political dilemmas, missed opportunities, and difficult geopolitical positioning.
Political climate in Slovakia: Towards autocracy?
EVENT REPORT: SEIM Analytics sharing own interpretations of Slovak politics after an IWM event.
The Yugoslav National Army (JNA) – Studying the Culture of Remembrance
OEAW LECTURES: A few impressions from a lecture under the auspices of the Institute for Research on The Habsburg Monarchy and the Balkans of the Austrian Academy of Science about pre-war JNA-army service. Also, a note about a Croatian research project on war veterans after the 1990-wars.
A Rising Global Power: The AIES-Organized Public Event India’s Global Role
CONFERENCE REPORT: SEIM Analytics is widening and further developing its South Asian footprint and analytical portfolio by attending the AIES-organized public event India’s Global Role at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna on 2 December 2024.
SEIM Analytics Widening its South Asian Footprint: Sri Lanka Election Contract
CONTRACT: Seim secures contract to work from August to October 2024 with EUs observation team in Sri Lanka for the presidential election. Some retrospective impressions from the field.
The 2023 Local Elections in Moldova from the Perspective of the City of Bălți
ELECTION FIELD REPORT: Retrospective reflections on Moldova’s strenuous politics and candidacy disqualifications.