Tirana-Athens spat is bad for both Albania and Greece

Current Affairs, Security

Fredi Bejleri’s case should be dealt with as a democracy issue, not as an ethnic minority one  A wave of political commentary and...

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The Origins of Political Polarization in Albania

Perspective, Politics

by Altin Gjeta Introduction Albania’s transition from communist dictatorship to democracy has been marked by high political polarization....

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Religion as a Cause of Conflict

#Perspective, Perspective

By Marcus Braybrooke On September 11th – that fateful day – a young Muslim from Pakistan was evacuated from the World Trade...

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Radicalisation and Governance of Islam in Albania

Democracy, Perspective

By Arjan Dyrmishi Abstract This paper provides a critical viewpoint on the governance of Islam in Albania. Governance is understood as the...

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Understanding Drivers of Violent Extremism: Role of Women

#Perspective, Perspective, Security

By Rudina Collaku According to literature, there is still a general opinion that Violent Extremism (VE) and terrorism are issues that...

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Quad: Searching for Purpose in Another New Regional Constellation

Current Affairs

By Alba Cela In the last days of March, the Foreign Affairs ministers of Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Kosovo launched the...

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Why Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo are Flaring

Current Affairs, Democracy

Dragan Smigić’s stick and the four lessons from the north Veton Surroi The first lesson of the events of these days in the four northern...

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The Open Balkans: Tangled Up in Disbelief and Aspirations

EU Integration

The region of South-East Europe, and particularly the Western Balkans, have intermittently had various intra-regional initiatives...

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A Perspective from Montenegro

Uncategorized

Montenegro's accession to the Open Balkans initiative is a political issue par excellence and as such is highly problematic by the largest...

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Caught in the middle of it – Does Open Balkan makes sense for North Macedonia?

Uncategorized

The Open Balkans as an initiative of the leaders of Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia since its launching in 2019 has been in the...

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