Ognen Vangelov

Dr. Ognen Vangelov earned his PhD in Political Studies from Queen’s University in Canada and is an Associate Professor at the American College University in Skopje. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity at Queen’s University. From 2020 to 2024, he served as a member of the Joint Multidisciplinary Commission on Historical and Educational Issues between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. He has previously taught at universities in Hungary, the United States, France, and Canada. Dr. Vangelov’s research focuses on autocratization, ethnic politics, and nationalism, and his work has been published in leading academic and policy journals.

How Bulgaria’s 2019 Framework Position Was Transposed into the 2022 Second Protocol

Ognen Vangelov

08.07.26

The 2022 French Proposal is often presented as a compromise that opened the way for North Macedonia’s European accession process. Yet a comparison of the 2017 Treaty of Friendship, Good-Neighbourliness and Cooperation, Bulgaria’s 2019 Framework Position, and the...

Embedded Bilateralism and the Collapse of Rule-Based EU Enlargement: The Second Protocol in North Macedonia’s Accession Process

Ognen Vangelov

15.01.26

Вториот протокол е крајно проблематичен и штетен не само затоа што создава билатерален притисок, туку затоа што тој притисок го нормализира и го...

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