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Biberaj’s “Albania and China”: A study of an Unequal Alliance

July 2, 2020• Foreign Policy

One of the most striking features of international politics, the bilateral unequal alliance often leaves the Small Power at a disadvantage....

June 27, 2020• Foreign Policy

Tirana Observatory revisits one of the most controversial periods of Albanian history: the relations of Albania with the Soviet Union...

May 13, 2020• EU Integration

ENIKA ABAZI Enlargement in pandemic times The COVID-19 pandemic crisis is likely to accelerate geopolitical changes at all levels, and the...

May 12, 2020• EU Integration

The Western Balkans is arguably the world’s biggest case-study of internationally-led democratization. Yet despite the great attention...

May 11, 2020• Politics

Kosovo’s government of hope fell apart in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis. Elections or an LDK-led government will not resolve...

European Union gives go-ahead to conditional opening of membership negotiations for Albania – More stringent checks from the EU...

May 4, 2020• EU Integration

Although one could argue that the EU enlargement process from the first round in 1973 with the UK, Ireland and Denmark to the last one with...

April 30, 2020• EU Integration

PAOLO QUERCIA Where are the Western Balkans while the world is locking-down?...

April 10, 2020• EU Integration

Just six and a half years after its historic entry into the EU, Croatia faces another historical challenge in the first half of 2020 –...

During the last two years, the idea of the unification of Kosovo and Albania was among the most prominent issues in the public discourses...