Wider shifts in the global order are challenging the foreign policy trajectories of Balkan states. While expectations have existed of a clear integration into western structures, the current reality ...

Kostovicova's research helped in forming and strengthening links between groups active in civil society in the Western Balkans and policymakers in the UK and in the European Union (EU). The European ...

“The countries [in the Balkans] were so fragile, hurt and traumatised that balanced reporting was essential to make peace work in the Balkans. It was a time when we needed to make our countries ...

When Bruce Strong first arrived in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was struck by how much life had moved forward since the haunting images of war that once defined the region. The ...

In contrast to politicians who claim that, since they came to power, citizens in their country have never lived better, residents of the Western Balkans assess the economic situation as extremely ...

“Civil War” has tapped into a dark set of national angst. In polls and in interviews, a segment of voters say they fear the country’s divides may lead to actual, not just rhetorical, battles. By Lisa ...