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The rise and fall of Abazovic

The inauguration of the head of Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, last year was a trigger for a non-confidence motion initiated by the then Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic, which…

August 12, 2022Montenegro, 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

Democracy Governance

Vucic’s win over the three main narratives

Thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo by Serbian forces, which is considered one of the longest sieges in the history of modern warfare, where more than 11,500 people were…

April 6, 2022Serbia

Governance

In the last election the Putinists win, but Putin loses

In the heart of a war in Europe, a vote took place last Sunday in two countries just a few miles from the war front. In both Hungary and Serbia,…

April 5, 2022Hungary, Serbia

Geopolitics Opinion

Between Russia and EU: How Serbia chooses to glorify war criminals over European integration

To the murals collection of Serbian war criminals in Belgrade, recently joined a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin, someone in Belgrade drew it in support of the terror he…

March 14, 2022Serbia

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

Conflict Geopolitics

Fear amid Russia´s next moves in Balkans

Practically Serbia in the Balkans plays the role of a small Russia that threatens its neighbors with military parades. The political narrative for Kosovo in Serbia is almost the same as Putin…

February 23, 2022Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Geopolitics

Biden urges Serbia to recognize Kosovo: seems hopeless at the moment

At a time when Russia is exerting military pressure on Ukraine and threatening it with invasion, Serbia is collecting food reserves and preparing for the next scenario. On the other…

February 18, 2022Kosovo, Serbia, USA

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