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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Continuing Political Evolution

January 23, 2009

By Apostolis Karabairis* Internal correlations and trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina have changed considerably over the past few years. However, contrary to the early post-war years, academic and press analysis has covered much less the recent developments in the country, following the interest and policy shift from Clinton’s democratization doctrine of the 1990s to Bush’s [...]

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Lingering Security Concerns in Kosovo, as Imam Attacked by Radical Islamists

January 13, 2009

By Christopher Deliso* Despite several recent reports suggesting that radical Islam in Kosovo no longer represents a significant security threat, the beating of a prominent Albanian imam by Drenica-area Wahhabi Muslims indicates that the challenge within the Muslim community – the real target of the foreign-funded extremists – persists. The disproportional yet unexplained influence of [...]

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Croatia’s Judiciary Shortcomings

March 28, 2008

By Elisabeth Maragoula* Croatia represents somewhat of the Western Balkans’s beau ideal, advancing without much trouble down the road towards European Union accession. It is by and large meeting the EU’s benchmarks and cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). However, the country still faces its biggest obstacle in reforming the [...]

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Balkanalysis.com Announces New 2006 Archive Uploads

February 20, 2008

Balkanalysis.com would like to announce that nine months’ worth of archived articles, many previously unavailable on the website, have now been uploaded to our page at the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL.com). The articles in question number more than 50, and cover the months March-December 2006. They will be of interest to researchers [...]

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Slovenia Pledges Support for Croatia’s EU Bid, as Maritime Dispute Continues

February 9, 2008

The only former Yugoslav republic to have made it into the EU thus far, Slovenia, also became honorary president of the 27-nation bloc on January 1. The six-month rotating presidency offers a good opportunity for countries, especially the smaller ones, to make their voices heard and to gain prominence in the area of foreign affairs. [...]

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2007 Balkan Year in Review: Key Underreported Trends for the Future

December 30, 2007

The year 2007 was an eventful one in the Balkans, though several major trends remained underreported or were simply ignored. The Western media utilized most of its limited capacity to the political dimensions of the future status of Kosovo, choosing to tell and retell a tired story of good vs. bad (i.e., the West vs. [...]

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News from Balkanalysis.com: Summer Recess, New Books, Essential Articles

August 16, 2007

Balkanalysis.com would like to inform its readers that the site will be on summer recess through September. Look for new articles and photos to be posted then. Until we’sre back, readers may like to check out two new books from Balkanalysis.com director Christopher Deliso, and to peruse the archive- as well as new hand-picked essential [...]

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Estimating Yugoslavia

December 22, 2006

By David Binder That was a strange assembly on the fifth floor of Washington’s Woodrow Wilson Center on Dec. 7: about 70 aging intelligence agents, diplomats, academics and the odd journalist – mostly male – brought together by that now arcane topic: Yugoslavia. The group was convened by the Government’s National Intelligence Council and the [...]

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The EU Has No ‘Plan B’ for the Balkans, or, Welcome to the Reservation

October 5, 2006

By Christopher Deliso EU policy towards the West Balkan states has sought to keep the various antagonistic nations and ethnicities from one another’s throats, by promising eventual membership in NATO and the European Union to each country. This was to be the magic solution. The premise was that the collective advantages of membership in these [...]

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Croatia Builds on Tourism Success with New Ryanair Routes, Increased Visits

August 20, 2006

Croatia, the only former Yugoslav state so far to have made a major industry out of tourism, won another victory with recent announcements of new air routes to Pula on the northwestern coast. This, coupled with demonstrated increases in visits this summer, indicate that the Adriatic state is continuing to inspire the confidence of the [...]

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