Gerta Zaimi at Robert Lansing Institute

Zaev’s resignation puts the country in an uncertain situation

Northern Macedonia: what happens now? Shortly after the results of the second round of local elections in northern Macedonia, Zoran Zaev said he was resigning from his post as prime…

November 2, 2021North Macedonia

Democracy Opinion

EU: New walls between East and West

Many countries in the Western Balkans are eagerly awaiting the start of procedures for their entry into the EU. But just these days, the Union building is cracking and in…

October 14, 2021Albania, Poland

Intelligence ops

Russian spies – one of the instruments of influence in the Western Balkans

A group of former ministers from neighboring countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia, Serbia) sent a letter to the European institutions and NATO asking them to start a "political dialogue…

October 1, 2021Albania, Balkans, Croatia, GRU, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia

Geopolitics

Forget Berlin

During her recent visit to Belgrade and Tirana, Chancellor Angela Merkel relaunched for the last time the call for the enlargement of the European Union: "EU members should always keep…

September 27, 2021Balkans, Germany

Economy Governance

The new Lebanese government – a relief without great expectations

After 13 months of waiting, from September 10th, Lebanon has a new government. The resignation of the previous government came following the explosion at the port of Beirut on August…

September 14, 2021Lebanon

Opinion

Lebanon, one step away from bankruptcy

In August, in Beirut, the weather is hot and sweltering. The inhabitants are forced to sleep on the balconies, because they cannot use the air conditioning. There is no electricity…

August 25, 2021Lebanon

Conflict

Сlausewitz is read but not understood

The fall of Kabul and the rapid recapture of Afghanistan by the Taliban surprised only outside observers. But what left the Biden administration largely speechless was the disbandment of the…

August 16, 2021Afghanistan, Taliban

Corruption

Serbia: mafia at the top

Veljko Belivuk and his gang "Janjicari" (the gang took its name from the elite Ottoman infantry units under the Ottoman Empire) have long been the subject of investigations in Serbia.…

July 26, 2021Serbia

Geopolitics

Balkans: Open Border to Avoid a Bloodbath

In the Balkans, we are once again talking about borders. And this is never a good thing. A series of unofficial papers proposing amalgamations and divisions between the various ethnic…

May 28, 2021Albania, North Macedonia, Republica Srpska, Serbia

Governance

Albania, a certainty in the Balkans for NATO and the EU

The elections of the 25th of April in Albania saw the Socialist Party (PS) win for the third time with 74 mandates. The largest opposition party, the Democratic Party (PD)…

May 21, 2021Albania, EU

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