The structure and the topics of the Panorama 2015: 1.         Euro-Atlantic Area: NATO Wales Summit 2014 outcomes – A year after: Reality check Impact of US pivot to Asia-Pacific on transatlantic relations Future concepts of NATO Partnership – the search for an individual approach NATO -Russia relations after Ukrainian crisis – From strategic partner towards a strategic competitor NATO-Ukraine relations – Partnership or membership? Strategic future of the V4 after Ukrainian crisis – Convergence or divergence Sweden/Finland and NATO Baltic states – Narva syndrome? How to react to “new warfare” in the context of the Article V.? 2.               Eastern Europe: Eastern Partnership: Year and a half after the Vilnius Summit – Reality Check Eastern Partnership – Riga Summit Russia – The dynamics of Russian defense doctrine SSR in Ukraine The impact of Russian-Ukrainian war on the foreign policy priorities of Ukrainian public Annexation of Crimea and its consequences for the military balance in Black sea region Domestic policy in Ukraine Moldova – Transnistria Georgia: Escalation or deescalation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Changes in the military conflict: Armenia – Azerbaijan Georgian foreign policy – President and Prime Minister? Turkish approach towards ISIL, Kurds, Syria Kazakhstan after Nazarbajev (Is there a future for Kazakhstan?) Russian propaganda and strategic communication 3. Middle East and Africa: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Gulf States Alliance against ISIL Economic background of ISIL The struggle of Iran and Saudi Arabia over Iraq Renewed presence of the United Kingdom and France in Gulf region Current dynamics of the nuclear program of Iran Israel’s defense doctrine changes after ISIS, Syria Egypt – the end of Arab Spring – Reality Check SAHEL European intervention Nigeria South Africa – Security provider in South and East Africa? Iraq – Factor of stability in the region – what needs to be changed?            4.    Asia and Pacific: American pivot – Reality Check Japan – Transformation of the US- Japan Alliance towards a more individual foreign policy Japan – Australia – India – US – Strategic Quadrilateral relationship      India and ASEAN Russian-Ukrainian war – Consequences for China Afghanistan after 2014 – Reality Check China’s foreign policy towards Pacific Islands India – towards “Raj” around the Indian Ocean 5. Arctic: Spillover effect: How has the Ukrainian war influenced cooperation between Arctic countries? Future challenges of Arctic security The effect of sanctions imposed on Russia and future Arctic development Newcomers like China or Japan and the prospect of their engagement in the Arctic Territorial claims to the North Pole – economic stakes or domestic politics?      6.         New Threats: Deradicalization and Exit Programmes: Successes and Challenges Radicalization on the Internet and Social Media; Countering the Propaganda Online “Reluctant Radicals” – Soft Supporters of Right-Wing Extremist Parties The Phenomenon of “Foreign Fighters” Extremism and Terrorism after Paris attack The role of social media in International Relations Cyber Security after NATO Wales Summit 2014 Energetic issues in International Relations (Russia and Eastern Europe)