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Do the Western Balkans face a coming Russian storm?

Mark Galeotti
Policy Brief
4 April 2018

Introduction “Serbia and the rest of the Balkans are a pawn in a great game of powers between Russia, the EU, and the US.”…

Return to instability: How migration and great power politics threaten the Western Balkans

Francisco de Borja Lasheras, with Vessela Tcherneva, Fredrik Wesslau
Policy Brief
21 March 2016

EU’s weakness is prompting a new scramble for power for the Balkans with Russia, Turkey and other actors

Dayton revisited: Bosnia’s peace deal 20 years on

Carl Bildt
Publication
17 November 2015

Two decades after the end of the Bosnian war Carl Bildt considers the successes and failures of Dayton

The periphery of the periphery: The Western Balkans and the Euro crisis.

Dimitar Bechev
Publication
30 August 2012

What next for EU enlargement?

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Publications – Western Balkans

Do the Western Balkans face a coming Russian storm?

Return to instability: How migration and great power politics threaten the Western Balkans

Dayton revisited: Bosnia’s peace deal 20 years on

The periphery of the periphery: The Western Balkans and the Euro crisis.

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