IRIS Strategic paper Collection
Program areas
Completed projects

Black Sea Security and Development

» Black Sea Cooperation Policy Forum

» The Belene Nuclear Power Plant Project: Economic Consequences and Political Effects on Bulgaria’s National Interest

» Black Sea Young Reformers Fellowship

» Networking for the Black Sea Region Stabilization and Integration

» Anchoring the Black Sea Countries to the Euro-Atlantic Mainstream

» Benefiting from Enlarging NATO to Southeast Europe: Promoting the New NATO Agenda

» Conducting a "Democracy Audit" in Bulgaria, Moldova and Georgia

» Assessment of Civic Participation in Decision-Making in Moldova and Ukraine

» Promoting Security and Regional Cooperation: The Perspectives of NATO Enlargement and EU Association of Southeastern Europe

» Policy Analyses and Transatlantic Networking for SEE Reconstruction and Development

» Bulgaria in the Euro-Atlantic Security System

 

The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) is an independent, non-government think tank. IRIS was established on June 11, 1997 by leading Bulgarian public and political figures, NGO leaders and prominent Bulgarian scholars in international relations, Balkan studies, history, social and political science, anthropology and economics.
 
The Institute for Regional and International Studies initiates, develops and implements civic strategies for democratic politics on national, regional and international level. The Institute promotes the values of democracy, civil society, freedom and respect of law, assists the process of Bulgarian integration in NATO and the EU and provides public policy analyses on current domestic and international issues. IRIS represents a strategic combination of advocacy-oriented and education-oriented think tank.