Remembering Janusz Bugajski: Scholar, Mentor, and Lifelong Friend of the Balkans Janusz Bugajski (1954–2025) The international academic and analytical community has lost one of its most lucid and principled voices. Janusz Bugajski,
By Marjana Doda, This feature draws on exclusive insights from an interview with Ambassador Tayyar Kagan Atay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Tirana. On the occasion of the 102nd
The Rama–Kurti clash over the war crimes tribunal highlights deeper structural tensions, from unimplemented agreements to competing regional agendas. The latest clash between Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Kosovo’s Albin Kurti
By Sali Berisha As some of you may know, Albania is a very young nation, the youngest in Europe, with almost half of its population under the age of 25. This represents
By Janusz Bugajski As the moment of truth approaches for Kosova, it is time to look at the impact that international decisions will have for the future of the Balkans. In sum,
By Nicola Nixon During the 1990s, all the European post-communist countries made a great display of rejecting ‘communism’. This took different forms in different countries but there are certain similarities across the
By Olli Rehn I am glad to discuss the Western Balkans in this highly qualified company and here in Rome. Italy is a strong supporter of the EU’s enlargement policy and a
By Albert Rakipi There are at least two reasons which require a serious reassessment of the EU perspective as it is understood from the Western Balkans and from Brussels. First, with the
By Fatos Lubonja The most disgusting thing, but at the same time absurd, unacceptable, repulsive and intolerable, which has characterised politics and the politicians in our country (traditionally), is the exercising of
By Janusz Bugajski A year of major international decisions is fast approaching. U.S. policies during 2007 will determine the long-term security of several crisis regions. The status of Kosova is the most
By Adrian Klosi Perhaps very few people have heard of the small rural settlement in the North of The Netherlands known as Makkinga, but there is every chance we will be hearing
By Janusz Bugajski Foreign policy has become a vital issue in American politics as candidates begin to line up for the 2008 presidential elections. With the death toll mounting among U.S. troops
By Alba Cela Here we are once again, trapped in the dark cold and boring nights of the Albanian winter. It’s the sixteenth season in a row with eyes glued to the
By Jerina Zaloshnja Serbia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vuk Dra۫ovi桴ook advantage of the two day summit of the OSCE in Vienna at the beginning of the week, to publicly reiterate Serbia’s stand towards