EU enlargement
Ukraine war driving US back into the Balkans
New US legislation aims to pull western Balkan region into EU and NATO but risks abound to any hasty integration
by James Carden
September...
Corruption reigns supreme in Western Balkan EU hopefuls
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...
Turkey threatens Greece again: We may lead to a very serious...
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...
Serbia inks deal with breakaway Kosovo region to end spat that...
30 Sep, 2021
Chief negotiators for Serbia and Kosovo have formally reached agreement to conclude the latest round of escalation. “We have a deal,” tweeted...
The Divisions of Cyprus, by Perry Anderson
Firsta published at 24 April 2008
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By Perry Anderson
Enlargement, widely regarded as the greatest single achievement of the European Union since the end of the...
Killing a Republic – Kissinger and Cyprus
We republish an article posted already back in January 2017, when the first UN Geneva conference on Cyprus was held. All the essential points...
After changing all the frontiers and destroying Yugoslavia, Berlin wants nobody...
Germany rejects redrawing Western Balkan borders
By Alexandra Brzozowski and Zeljko Trkanje
Apr. 23, 2021
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has rejected a redrawing of borders in the...
The mess produced out of the detrudtion of Yugolsavia by Germany,...
Disputed memo on partitioning Bosnia sparks fears of violence
The document in question, which suggests redrawing borders along ethnic lines, has allegedly reached the EU.
By Mersiha...
Andrej Kreutz: Review: Strategic Vision and the Crisis of Global Power
By prof. Andrej Kreutz
Dec.31, 2020
Review: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Strategic Vision and the Crisis of Global Power, New York 2012.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, an American scholar of Polish origin...
The Elephant in the Room
Left Parties and the European Union
by Asbjørn Wahl
Dec 01, 2020
European left parties have, over the last couple of decades, become increasingly critical of political...