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The Western Balkans after the Brexit Vote: Russia’s Gain, Europe’s Loss
Following the Brexit referendum on 23 June, I wrote a response on the scenarios for the Western Balkans for Freedom House and a brief reflection on what this might mean for Russian influence for Radio...
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The Biggest Success of the Croatian government was its fall. Interview for...
Below is the English version of an interview I had the pleasure to give to the independent Croatian website Lupiga on the fall of the Croatian government, the state of authoritarianism in the Balkans...
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Montenegrin Parties and the Gemino Curse. Through Balkan Politics with Harry...
( In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1), Harry, Hermine and Ron enter the vault of the vault of Bellatrix Lestrange to find a Horcrux, the Cup of Helga Hufflepuff. The vault was, however,...
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Drumfkowsci victory has international community worried. Dispatch from Syldavia
Klow. As the church bells ring menacingly in Klow, the capital of Syldavia, the small Muslim minority is increasingly fearful, afraid to display their religion in public and worried about their...
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Harry Potter’s 6 rules for resistance
There are lessons to be learned throughout space and time on how to confront autocrats. Some are out of space and time: Harry Potter battled Lord Voldemort in his seven adventures and his story is a...
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The Return of Geopolitics in the Balkans
Just over 100 years ago, in 1908 the latest of many crisis of the great power system that shaped Europe for a century leading up to 1914 featured the Balkans. In Britain the magazine Punch depicted...
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A Macedonian Moment for the Balkans?
After years of democratic decline in the Western Balkans, the new Macedonian government that took office in May 2017 constituted not just the first democratic transfer of power in the region for four...
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Serbian version of top secret Star Wars synopsis leaked: Waiting for Rey’s...
Since the release of the latest instalment of Star Wars, The Last Jedi, has been released, an early draft for the final episode has leaked in Serbia. It is unclear it origin or veracity. It might be...
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Half-empty or half-full? Gaps in the New EC Strategy for the Western Balkans
After years of neglect, the EU has re-discovered the Western Balkans last year. The crisis in Macedonia, increased Russian involvement, often destructive, and the unresolved relations between Serbia...
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The False Attraction of Orban’s Europe
Source: IV Budapest Demographic Summit (https://budapestidemografiaicsucs.hu/en/gallery) Ahead of every EU-Balkan summit in recent years, the same struggle, Sofia in 2018, in Zagreb last year and in...
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