EU enlargement

The former French president offers a diplomatic way out — the commentariat responds with reflexive ‘pro-Putin’ invectives. By Anatol Lieven Aug 31, 2023 In an interview with...

Aug 29, 2023 The other bloc might accept Bosnia-Herzegovina faster, Milorad Dodik has said Republika Srpska, the Serb half of Bosnia-Herzegovina, will propose to the central...

Jul 10, 2023 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara’s accession to...

Erdogan has learned from bitter experience to play hard ball with European capitals By David Hearst May 11, 2023 The Economist has surpassed itself in its clearly...

By Klaus Dräger  On taking office as President of the EU Commission in 2019, Ursula von der Leyen said she wanted to create a 'geopolitical...

Apr. 26, 2023 Republika Srpska will become a separate nation through peaceful means only, Milorad Dodik has said Bosnia and Herzegovina has always been a foreign...

By Oksana Chelysheva * The ”Confidence Building Measures In the Face Of Sharp Polarization in Europe” roundtable at the  European Parliament on March 20 (https://www.defenddemocracy.press/brussels-call-stop-the-war-stop-sending-arms-to-ukraine/)...

New US legislation aims to pull western Balkan region into EU and NATO but risks abound to any hasty integration by James Carden September...

By Alice Taylor Jun 29, 2022 Countries in the EU waiting room such as Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia have mainly failed to register any...

Jun 3, 2022 Turkey launches new threats against Greece, referring to the possibility of a “very serious crisis”. Speaking to Portuguese journalists, Deputy Foreign Minister Farouk...