The relationship between the great powers and the foreign policy opportunities of small states in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with a particular attention to the history of the formation of NATO, the possibility of solving international conflicts with a special focus on small-states that is often missing in global historiography

The interaction of politics, the economy and the history of ideas in the 20th and 21st centuries. Democratization, political ideologies, backsliding - and its causes.

The history of the conflict from the beginning to the present day. Interpretations of the conflict, possibilities for a peaceful solution, peace plans.