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Sanctions should be imposed if Serbia continues its flirt with Russia

Serbia´s siding with Russia in the aggression against Ukraine is duly noted. This siding shows a lot about the ambitions of this country in relation to other countries of the Western Balkans.…

October 13, 2022Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

- Geopolitics Governance

The non-paper diplomacy trend in Balkans

A so called 'new framework' is a comprehensive agreement which ‘leaked’ through the Kosovo media a few weeks ago. The first draft of this agreement aiming to normalize relations between Kosovo…

September 30, 2022Kosovo, Serbia

Conflict Geopolitics

Vucic threatens to escalate what he already does in Northern Kosovo

Less than three years ago, the President of Serbia, Aleksander Vucic, stated in a televised interview that ‘if we do not accept the compromise solution with Kosovo, we will destroy…

September 21, 2022Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Geopolitics

Fear for violence in the north of Kosovo: Escobar and Lajçak trying to find a solution before September

The ongoing tensions in the north of Kosovo, have once again activated the American diplomacy to push the processes forward in the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Respectively, this time the…

August 26, 2022Kosovo, Serbia

Geopolitics National Security

Russia’s involvement endangers security in the Balkans

Tensions in northern Kosovo remain high even though the barricades set up by Serbian extremists have now been removed after the decision for a 30-day postponement of implementation for with…

August 11, 2022Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Conflict Estimates Intelligence ops

Moscow fuels the Serbia-Kosovo border tensions

Russia and its satellites the region have unleashed a new war in the Balkans. Serbian President Vučić's statement about being attacked by Kosovo and the Balkans’ ‘denazification’ clearly echoes Russia’s…

August 1, 2022Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Geopolitics

Russia with new strategy for destabilization in the Western Balkans

Balkans has a long history with Russian influence. Last three decades, collisions of Russian Foreign Policy and US foreign policy in Balkans mostly have happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina and…

June 7, 2022Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Propaganda and Disinformation

Another level of Russian propaganda for Kosovo

From annexing Crimea in 2014, to recognizing independence of Donetsk and Luhansk by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the latter has not halted the trend to compare the situation there…

May 3, 2022Kosovo

Governance National Security

Can Kosovo’s membership in NATO be accelerated?

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the pro-Russian stance of Serbia have highlighted the danger that threatens Kosovo lately. Peace in Kosovo has been maintained by KFOR troops since…

March 9, 2022Kosovo, NATO

Serbia, the only country in the Balkans that did not condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine

Twenty-three years ago, Vucic's predecessor, Slobodan Milosevic, had carried out horrific aggression against the people of Kosovo. To this day, official Belgrade has never expressed regret over the massacres that…

February 28, 2022Kosovo, Serbia

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