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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is sounding the alarm over what he calls Russian President Vladimir Putin’s desire to foment conflict in the troubled Balkans region. The Ukrainian president ...

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 ...

This article is reserved for War on the Rocks members. Join our community to unlock exclusive insights and analysis. In 2022, Dimitar Bechev wrote “War Won’t be Coming Back to the Balkans” for War on ...

Fuel smuggling in the Balkans never went away, but now it risks growing on the back of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Photo: Motointermedia from Pixabay. Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western sanctions ...

Great power tension between the U.S. and China is rising in the Balkans, according to a new analysis asserting that Beijing increasingly views the region as a strategic doorway for exerting ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — For the six Western Balkans countries aspiring to join the European Union, gaining full membership in the 27-nation club remains a distant goal. But Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, ...