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Statebuilding and democracy in post-communist Albania

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by Ines Stasa Introduction With the regime change in Albania one of the main concerns was the upcoming constitutional and institutional...

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The EU-Western Balkans Market Integration

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By Andi Hoxhaj Introduction The EU enlargement policy for the Western Balkans was at a standstill between 2003-2018, largely, in part, due...

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A Political History of Transition

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By Albert Rakipi In October, 2010, I suggested to Elez Biberaj that he republish his book Albania in Transition. Coincidentally, at that...

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Kosovo-Serbia dialogue is not ripe for resolution

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By Altin Gjeta Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbia’s President Aleksander Vucic met last week in Brussels for the second...

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Postwar: Albanian-American Relations after 1945

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By Elidor Mëhilli In his recently published book Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty, Norman Naimark, one...

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Excerpts from “Faik Konitza – Life in Washington”

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By Ilir Konomi An Albanian legation in Washington On July 11, 1926, a sturdy, handsome man by the name of Faik Bey Konitza arrived from...

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Albania and the United States during the Interwar Period: An Overview

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By Bernd J. Fischer Albania’s foreign relations during the 1920s and 1930s were dominated by the growing connection between...

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Fan Noli’s Revolution: Oil and the World Outside the Balkans

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Robert C. Austin When he seized power in June 1924, Fan S Noli placed his greatest hopes in Great Britain and to some extent the United...

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Call for papers for Tirana Observatory Journal, Fall Edition Albania 30 years after: The Yoke of Transition

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Three decades after the fall of one of the most Stalinist communist regimes in Central EasternEurope that isolated Albanians for half of a...

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WITH THE REDS: CAPTAIN TOM STEFAN AND ENVER HOXHA

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          By Peter Lucas             As sometimes happens in life, you search for one thing and find another. So, it...

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