From staunch enemy to strategic partner: Albanian-American relations in transition

July 10, 2025• #Perspective, Featured

Albert Rakipi In 1919, Vatra, a pan-Albanian association functioning as something of a shadow Albanian government in the United States,...

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Surviving the democalypse

October 6, 2021• Current Affairs

By Andi Balla Demographic decline has been the elephant in the room in Albania for decades. But it is now so big, the government simply can...

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Albert Rakipi is Chairman of the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS). His latest book is The Perils of Change: Albania’s Foreign Policy in Transition.

King Zog – The Founder of the Modern Albanian State and the Imperative of Confronting the Past

November 15, 2026• #Perspective, Perspective, Uncategorized

By Albert Rakipi, PhD 1 The republication in Albanian of the book on King Zog and the kingdom he founded and ruled comes more than a...

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Europe’s Strategic Reproduction Crisis: Why Defence Readiness Depends on Institutional Capacity

October 12, 2026• #Perspective, Perspective

By Glenn Agung Hole, PhD Europe has rediscovered the economics of security. The harder lesson is that money is only the beginning. For much...

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From Raqqa to Bab el-Mandeb

September 12, 2026• Current Affairs

Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, Terrorism Has Changed Its Form: From Striking Symbols and Seizing Territory to Threatening the Arteries of...

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A Quarter Century Since Ohrid: The Agreement That Gave North Macedonia Its Future

August 12, 2026• Current Affairs

by Ferit Hoxha, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania There are moments in history when a country’s future is shaped by a...

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Albert Rakipi is Chairman of the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS). His latest book is The Perils of Change: Albania’s Foreign Policy in Transition.

The Ibar River Should Carry Water, Not Nationalist Politics

August 12, 2026• in depth

Albania Serbia Diplomatic Clash Heats Up the Summer By Albert Rakipi, PhD, Chairman of the Albanian Institute for International Studies...

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The Strategic Costs of Non-Enlargement: Why EU Inaction in the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighbourhood Undermines European Security and Global Influence

July 29, 2026• EU Integration, Featured, in depth, Perspective

by Marta Szpala Executive Summary The European Union’s enlargement policy has historically been its most successful foreign policy...

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The Costs of Non-Enlargement and the Imperative for Strategic EU Engagement in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

July 29, 2026• EU Integration, Featured, in depth, Perspective

by Kornely Kakachia, Georgian Institute of Politics Introduction The European Union’s enlargement and neighbourhood policies toward...

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Costs of Non-Enlargement to the Western Balkans: State Building, Externally Induced Political Accountability, and EU Policy Innovation

July 29, 2026• EU Integration, Featured, in depth, Perspective

by Sokol Lleshi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New York Tirana Executive Summary The recent reinvigoration of the...

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Albania’s Civic Awakening: A Year After Rama’s Landslide, the Illusion of Invincibility Breaks

June 11, 2026• Perspective

by Elez Biberaj One year after Prime Minister Edi Rama swept to a fourth consecutive term, Albania finds itself in a profoundly different...

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Albert Rakipi is Chairman of the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS). His latest book is The Perils of Change: Albania’s Foreign Policy in Transition.

Strategic Italy: Where Is Albania?

June 3, 2026• Featured, Uncategorized

This article is based on an earlier version first published by the Istituto Affari Internazionali at the following...

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