The current election system in Bosnia and Herzegovina favors ethno-nationalist parties, and that is why any change will have to be instituted top-down
Majda Ruge’s analysis on electoral fraud in Bosnia is translated by the Bosnian newspaper Dnevni avaz
There wasn’t really any truly strategic approach or planning on solving the Serbia-Kosovo dispute, rather it was a kind of a PR event that was very important for the campaign
Majda Ruge comments on the Serbia-Kosovo deal signed in the White House.
Each side left the meeting armed with their own narrative for domestic consumption
The real challenge in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, as elsewhere in the region, lays in the implementation of pledges, not in getting the leaders to sign off on them
The sloppy White House package does little to advance dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo and comes at a high price, writes Majda Ruge in her op-ed
This meeting has become by now a part of Trump’s electoral campaign, with the White House looking for a foreign policy accomplishment that will produce an event and a photo opportunity for President Trump as a peace broker
NATO, Kosovo and China are all issues on which Vucic – who presents himself as a moderate partner for the West – tries to outflank his domestic political rivals to the right by reinforcing his nationalist image
Nicu Popescu and Majda Ruge comment on Serbia’s elite's desire for close cooperation with China
It’s an accumulated anger against the regime of President Vucic, whose party has amassed absolute power without any accountability
Majda Ruge comments on Serbia's president's sudden announcement of a return to strict coronavirus curfews which sparked anti-government demonstrations
This is a very important moment for the EU to prove that it can fulfil the UN Security Council Resolution, which has given the EU the leading role in settling the dispute between Serbia and Kosovo
Some sort of agreement with these states which would involve ‘infant industry protection’ arrangements would perhaps be desirable until their competitiveness has improved
Majda Ruge on Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina having the region’s highest trade deficits
If Europe is indeed ready and willing to become more geopolitical, and strategically autonomous, it is time to show that in its Eastern Partnership policy
Gustav Gressel and Nicu Popescu's piece on the EU's Eastern Partnership policy quoted by the Georgian Journal.
