The research activities of CLS pursue academic depth while at the same time reacting to the current problems of the political, economic and social life in Bulgaria and taking into account the context of today's global world.

The analytical work of CLS covers national, regional and global issues. CLS is actively involved in the structuring and implementation of the public debate in Bulgaria on key issues.

The emphasis in CLS’s research and analytical work in the recent years lies on a wide range of issues: democratization of post-communist countries, corruption, populism, anti-Americanism and the new world order.

CLS served as the secretariat of the International Commission on the Balkans and published its analytical report "The Balkans in Europe's future."

CLS works in cooperation with a wide network of Bulgarian, regional, European and international non-governmental analytical centers and organizations.

FP Bulgaria issue 2 (31)

FP Bulgaria issue 1 (30)

FP Bulgaria issue 6 (29)

Money and de/stabilization in Bulgaria 1948 - 1989

Guide 2020

Communal Capitalism

Publication of CLS on Effective Mechanisms and Practices for Fighting Corruption in the Black Sea Region. The publication is part of a project carried out together with IPP, Romania.

The Two-Dimensional Talent. On the Economist and the Author Assen Christophoroff.

Anchialo, 1906: The Political Economy of an Ethnic Clash.

Twenty years of postcommunism DEEPENING DISSATISFACTION

“The Archives of the Bulgarian National Bank from the Period of the Communist Regime in Bulgaria, 1948-1990”

Reading Russia: The Rules of Survival

Populist Politics and Liberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Russia and the European Order

Stabilization policies in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia during communism’s terminal years: 1980s economic visions in retrospect

The EU, Russia and the crisis of the post-Cold War European order

25 states endorse fiscal compact

Georgy Ganev in Nova TV's central newscast

The return of the Prussians of the Balkans?

Light in the tunnel of the European economic crisis?

Nostalgia for the unattainable protestant ethic

Adopting the “Financial Pact” of Minister Djankov ahead of the signing of the new Treaty on a Reinforced Economic Union would be premature

Participation of Daniel Smilov in the broadcast ”Otpechatci”

Greece and Spain began a transition more difficult than ours

Hungary and the European crisis

Georgy Ganev in "Na Svetlo" with Vanja Manolova

The rejection of a dialogue with the opposition leads to brings people to the street

Bulgaria put into question economic theory

Three Myths about the Constitutional Court

Hungarian dances for populism and orchestra

What happened in 2011 and what will not happen in 2012

The European Federal State Arrives Step by Step, as a Necessity…

Inside the Authoritarian State : After 1989: Redefining "Democracy"

About Us