Contesting the West? Domestic Contestation in Bulgarian Foreign Policy From 2014 to 2022
Journal: Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
Year: 2023

Abstract This article addresses the evolution of Bulgarian foreign policy since the start of the Russian Ukrainian crisis of 2014 until 2022 through the prism of domestic contestation of foreign policy choices and decisions. The article reviews four key votes that took place during the period that related to NATO decisions and EU-related decisions towards the situation in Ukraine. This article raises three central questions. First: to what extent were Bulgarian foreign policy decisions related t