Serbia is rapidly veering off its course for accession. Last month’s potentially fraudulent general election and Belgrade’s increasing distance from EU foreign policy should worry those in Brussels
The new energy cooperation between Hungary and Serbia threatens to undermine the EU’s energy sovereignty and pull Serbia further from the EU
Western sponsors of the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade are wrong to believe Serbia will work to make a success of diplomacy
EU and US policymakers have it within their gift to change the dynamic in their relations with Serbia. Taking on Western Balkans kleptocracy lies at its heart.
ECFR’s recent mini-series sheds light on the issues in the dialogue process by identifying both pitfalls and opportunities
Leaders in Kosovo and Serbia need to dial back the nationalist rhetoric and prepare their populations for concessions – and the EU’s role in this process remains indispensable
Ukraine’s leaders have been careful not to organise the war effort around hatred of Russians. Societies recover much faster from war than from hate.
Public attitudes in Ukraine and Serbia raise pressing questions about EU enlargement. If member states are to sustain this process, they will need to base it on a shared sense of belonging
The solution to the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia should be to create a societal consensus on both sides of the border
Kosovo and Serbia will likely make little progress this year in their long-running dialogue, due to a lack of honest leadership and genuine attempts to prepare the public for a compromise
The solution to the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia should be to create a societal consensus on both sides of the border
Serbia is rapidly veering off its course for accession. Last month’s potentially fraudulent general election and Belgrade’s increasing distance from EU foreign policy should worry those in Brussels
The new energy cooperation between Hungary and Serbia threatens to undermine the EU’s energy sovereignty and pull Serbia further from the EU
Western sponsors of the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade are wrong to believe Serbia will work to make a success of diplomacy
EU and US policymakers have it within their gift to change the dynamic in their relations with Serbia. Taking on Western Balkans kleptocracy lies at its heart.
ECFR’s recent mini-series sheds light on the issues in the dialogue process by identifying both pitfalls and opportunities
Leaders in Kosovo and Serbia need to dial back the nationalist rhetoric and prepare their populations for concessions – and the EU’s role in this process remains indispensable
Ukraine’s leaders have been careful not to organise the war effort around hatred of Russians. Societies recover much faster from war than from hate.
Public attitudes in Ukraine and Serbia raise pressing questions about EU enlargement. If member states are to sustain this process, they will need to base it on a shared sense of belonging
Kosovo and Serbia will likely make little progress this year in their long-running dialogue, due to a lack of honest leadership and genuine attempts to prepare the public for a compromise
Regardless of the result of the US election, it is up to the EU to show robust leadership and gain credibility in the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia
The credible enlargement process is the best answer to any third-party’s interference. It would be economically insane [for European countries] to look elsewhere.
Miroslav Lajčák comments on Moscow’s and Beijing’s interference in the Western Balkans
Assuming we somehow miraculously bring Serbia into the EU, with this sort of regime, you are practically bringing another Russian Trojan horse into the EU, like you have in the shape of Orban
Pristina is extending its sovereignty and territorial integrity all the way to the end of this northern part of Kosovo
Engjellushe Morina comments on the Kosovo-Serbia conflict and the risks it poses for an escalation of tensions in Europe
That hands-off approach carries risks, said Engjellushe Morina, a senior fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
Morina Engjellushe comments on the current violence in Kosovo and its links Serbia´s foreign policy
Whatever the issue at hand, Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, is the first person they call
Majda Ruge argues that Western governments treat Belgrade as the indispensable player on the major questions facing the Western Balkans
