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 GENC POLLO Back 28 years ago in Budapest, on December 5, 1994, I participated as a member of the Albanian delegation in the summit of the Conference on Security and Cooperation
By Dr Jérôme aan de Wiel, School of History, University College Cork (UCC) Cork, Ireland In February 1939, Professor Mary Ryan, Ireland’s first ever female professor working in the university of Cork
An op-ed by Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Igli Hasani and Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Vincenzo Del Monaco published on Albanian Daily News newspaper, 28 February 2022
The upcoming local by-elections in six municipalities to pick mayors for a short mandate would have been routine and without any special political significance in different circumstances. But because of the dramatic
By Fatos Çoçoli On the eve of Kosovo marking 15 years of existence as the newest European state,, since its establishment on February 17, 2007, 90 cooperation agreements have been signed between
The sad truth of the never ending transition The process of the constitutional court which is validating the claims that led to the impeachment of the Albanian president Meta is slowly becoming
By Alon Ben-Meir, expert on Middle East and West Balkan affairs, international negotiations, and conflict resolution. It’s time for the Serbian government to wake up to the reality that under any circumstances
By Ambassador Jeff Hovenier* The world is watching Russia’s pattern of unprovoked aggression toward Ukraine. Russia’s actions are a threat not only to Ukraine, but to Europe and to the international rules-based
By ALBERT RAKIPI, Ph.D. On July 1, 2016, at the inauguration of the massive Osman Gazi Bridge, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama appeared as a passenger in a Turkish presidential limousine with
By David L. Phillips and Lulzim Peci Vladimir Putin claims that protecting ethnic Russians justifies military action against Ukraine. Putin’s concern for Ukraine’s Russian minority is bombastic. His greater global goal is
The implosion of Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party into the ugly scenes of clashes at the party’s headquarters in Tirana on Saturday is a bad sign not just for the party itself,