Ideological borrowings from the Perestroika reform: Albanian state socialist ruling elite in the late 1980s

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By Sokol Lleshi Introduction The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the relative ineffectiveness of the Gorbachev’s reforms (Lewin,...

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The Mirage of the European Integration from the Albanian filibuster political transition

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By Dr. Taulant Hasa Abstract Now, we are stepping into the fourth decade of the ongoing Albanian transition process. It is nearly a decade...

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Albania Twenty Years After: People on State and Democracy

revisiting history

By Ph. D. Albert Rakipi …Weak or failing institutions, eroding legitimacy of political institutions, distrust of political parties,...

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Introducing Political Islam among the Albanian Muslims

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By Rigels Lenja Introduction Countries of the western Balkans have faced during the years a long list of problems from corruption, illegal...

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Albania´s Economy 30 Years After

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By Franz-Lothar Altmann Since its start as an independent sovereign state Albania has tried several different models of how to organize the...

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Collective memory building and the emergence of the politics of anti-politics in post-totalitarian Albania

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By Altin Gjeta Introduction Albania experienced one of the harshest communist regimes in the world after communist party came to power at...

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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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Limits of the Brussels dialogue

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By Sylë Ukshini The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, had warned that the license plate agreement had not been fulfilled by Belgrade...

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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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Without an enhanced engagement strategy, the EU risks losing relevance in the Western Balkans

EU Integration

Odeta Barbullushi  An EU-Western Balkans summit will take place today in the picturesque estate of Brdo, hosted by the Slovenian...

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