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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...

Is Montenegro Becoming the New Dubai of the Balkans?

Andrea Perišić

25.12.25

Влезот на инвеститори од Обединетите Арапски Емирати во Црна Гора, предводен од Мохамед Алабар, покренува прашања за транспарентноста,...

Friend or Foe? The complexities of Turkish influence in Albania

Alice Taylor

18.12.25

While Turkey may not have the same nefarious intentions as Iran and Russia when it comes to foreign influence and misinformation, many are still cautious. They see the promotion of Islam in Albania by Ankara as ‘un-Albanian’, and an infringement of its...

How the Russian narratives became a domestic policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dino Cviko

16.12.25

NATO and the EU are portrayed as a security threat rather than a framework for collective...

How Hybrid Threats Use Civil Liberties to Undermine The State

Vesna Poposka

15.12.25

These activities abuse democratic mechanisms to exert influence through legitimate institutions and individuals, creating narratives in favour of the source from which they come. Often, the effects are not immediately visible, but are long-term and geopolitically and...

Islamophobia as a political weapon

Haris Ljevo

12.12.25

The global increase in Islamophobia in the recent decades has become fertile ground for politicians who want to mobilize fear, insecurity, and identity divisions in...

Why Is Serbia So Afraid of Russia?

Dalibor Stupar

12.12.25

The crisis with Serbia’s Oil Industry (NIS) showed how strongly Serbia depends on Russia and how hard it is for the country to choose clearly between Moscow and the European...

For a Systemic, Rather Than Project–Based Approach to The State

Ilina Mangova

11.12.25

A state cannot be run through projects. A state is not a project; it is a...

Why Is Serbia So Afraid of Russia?

Dalibor Stupar

10.12.25

The crisis with Serbia’s Oil Industry (NIS) showed how strongly Serbia depends on Russia and how hard it is for the country to choose clearly between Moscow and the European Union. Now, as Europe draws clearer lines of values, a key question grows in Serbia: is it...

The marathon towards the EU feeds the Russian propaganda in Macedonia

Sonja Kramarska

05.12.25

The marathon towards the EU and the obscured perspective due to the indecisiveness of the Brussels bureaucracy have left room for Russian influence in Macedonia as...