Serbians will go to the polls in October for what looks set to be their closest national election in years.
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On The Conversation Weekly podcast, an international law expert explains why some Serbs revered convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić.
The protests have snowballed into an anti‑government movement that has become known as the ‘flamingo revolution’.
What today’s diplomats can learn from the Dayton accords.
More than 100,000 people were killed in the Bosnian war. But the peace that ended it in 1995 sowed the seeds for ethnonationalism.
For almost a year, Serb demonstrators have called for the ouster of the increasingly authoritarian president.
The EU has mostly stayed silent since the protests began.
Europe should not ignore the importance of Serbia as a Russian ally.
Kosovo is under pressure from the US and EU to give in to some of Serbia’s demands.
The fragility of peace settlements in the Balkans provides a cautionary tale. US and EU policymakers may inadvertently make matters worse by acceding to the aggressor’s territorial ambitions.
A key meeting is being held in the Balkans as the EU and US seek to resolve regional tension, partly stoked by pro-Russian forces.
The U.S. and the EU have neglected the Balkans, hoping that the allure of EU integration would be enough to placate Serbia and other countries. It was not.
Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s 2023 state of the union speech saw her press for expansion for the union’s own good.
The trial of the former Kosovan president and several others highlights the sharp and enduring divisions and differing interpretations of history.
Leaders on both sides are ramping up hostility for their own ends.
Russia’s backing of Serbia during the Ukraine war is aggravating tensions with its neighbour Kosovo.
Levels of poverty shot up in Albania during COVID when there was little governmental support.
European leaders have failed to notice how much support Serbia is providing to Russia, an expert says.
The war in Ukraine has added new momentum to the argument of expanding the EU eastward. However, institutional and political obstacles to making this dream reality abound.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
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Lecturer in Law, King's College London
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Reader in International Relations, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Docteur en science politique, Université Lille 2, spécialiste des Balkans, Université de Lille
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PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Transitional Justice and International Criminal Law, University of Birmingham
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Professor of international negotiation and diplomacy, IÉSEG School of Management
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Associate Professor in Modern European History, University of East Anglia
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Professor in International Relations, University of Warwick
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Program Director and Senior Research Fellow in South East European Studies, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Senior Researcher, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg
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Professor in International Conflict Analysis, University of Warwick
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