IFIMES Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije
IFIMES International institute for Middle East and Balkan studies

Ukraine 2024: Is there a possibility of ending the Russo-Ukrainian war before 2025?

Swiss model for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Terror, Terrorism and the search for destructive forms of Reparative Justice

Youth and Elections - Shaping the EU's future

Why Russia is pleased with the Brexit?

The Israel- Palestine Conflict - IV

Serbia, Youth, and the EU

Russian Presidential Election: A Referendum on Putin’s Leadership

Middle Corridor: Eurasia Optimized

Regional ambitions through trade? Tracing Kazakhstan’s Aspirations from a Taliban-ruled government in Afghanistan

Who lost the battle, and who will win the great war?

Israel-Palestine Conflagration – Part III

SYRIZA: The rise and fall of the cult left-wing party in Europe - Reflections on the right wing

Transforming Serbia into a 'joint-stock company'?

Extraordinary elections in Serbia 2023: Bid to restore tycoons' rule in Serbia?

The ‘Karić model’ for shared prosperity

Extraordinary elections in Serbia 2023: Domestic and foreign factors vying for influence

After the Local Elections in Greece 2023: The Loss of Athens and Thessaloniki Shakes the Dominance of New Democracy

Serbia – Kosovo 2023: The disinformation war

Kosovo 2023: Is ‘Serbian resistance’ feasible in Kosovo?

From the Thessaloniki Declaration to the introduction of ETIAS

Montenegro 2023: Is there an effort to establish an 'interim government' to enable the return of the DPS to power?

2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Wagnerization of BiH Brčko District

2023 Kosovo: Debacle of International Community in Kosovo

2023 Montenegro: Spajić's dual citizenship a serious problem for NATO?

2023 Ukraine Crisis: Has the “Great Game” between the West and China already begun?

Hindered: a frozen conflict in Ukraine

2023 Local Elections in Albania: Choice between Drug Cartels and/or Parliamentary Republic?

The Russia-Ukraine warfare as the final stage of U.S.-Russia proxy war in Donbas (2014-2022)

Putin’s War, ramifications for China

2023 Kosovo 2023: Serb community could permanently cut ties with authorities in Pristina?

2023 Türkiye: Most Important Elections on the 100th Anniversary of Establishment of the Republic of Türkiye - Country at a Turning Point

2023 North Macedonia: In Anticipation of the Biggest Security-Intelligence Attack

2023 Parliamentary Elections in Greece: Uncertainty as Never Before

2023 Parliamentary Elections in Montenegro: Young Voters Will Decide the Elections

Victory of anti-Đukanović and anti-DPS block

2023 Ukraine Crisis: Implications of Russia-Ukraine War on Middle East

2023 Kosovo: Implementation of Brussels and Washington agreements - Path to Enduring Peace and Long-term Stability

2023 Bosnia and Hercegovina: Putinians to establish institutional control of BiH

2023 Serbia-Kosovo: Normalization of Relations - Imperative

2023 Ukraine: Is the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war in sight?

Putin’s War in the Context of World Meetings

2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Who undermines fragile peace in BiH?

Montenegro 2023: Deciding between the past and the future

Global south engagement for peace in Ukraine

2023 Parliamentary Elections in Bulgaria: Between Brussels (Berlin) and Moscow

Montenegro 2023 presidential election: Entering the post-Đukanović era

2022 presidential electionin Slovenia : In anticipation of a new momentum in Slovenian political arena

2022 Slovenian Presidential elections: Parting with Orban’s “values”?

2022 Western Balkans: Between Berlin Process and Open Balkan

Putin’s War, world meetings, etc.

2022 EU- Western Balkans: End of era of “courtship” of the West

Ukrainian Crisis – View from Tunisia

2023 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye: Will Türkiye Organize Early Presidential and Parliamentary Elections?

Putin’s War – cont’d

Europe of the West: Imperialism of Imagination, Geopolitics of Peter Pan

A View over Putin’s War in Ukraine

2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Christian Schmidt vs. High Representative (OHR)?

2022 Serbia: Strengthening of foreign policy and affirmation of international status

Anti-Americanism and Russian propaganda in Greece

Putin’s War, Extended

2022 North Macedonia: Country’s Future is Laid Out

2022 General Elections in BiH: Political changes are required, but are they possible?

2022 General Elections in BiH: Can the Voters Beat the Media, Religious Communities and Foreign Influence?

Open Balkan 2022: Crisis Response Tool - Winter 2022/23

Putin’s war – cont’d

Ukraine 2022: Russia's nuclear sabre-rattling

Ukraine 2022: The war in Ukraine or “the special military operation in Ukraine”?

BiH Judiciary: How politics destroyed independence

What Factors Affect Strategic Stability? Russian Experts’ Assessments

Unmasking War Propaganda against Russian Aggression: An Investigative Approach

Recontextualization of Ukraine (Return of the Wir wussten nicht)

2022 Parliamentary elections: Slovenia between Brussels and Budapest

The philosophy of the preamble to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

Putin’s War – 5; etc.

Putin’s War and beyond

2022 Open Balkan: The future belongs to the peoples of the Balkans

Albania 2022: “House of Freedom” vs. Drug-cartel

Ukraine 2022: A Test for the EU and NATO

Putin’s War - 2

Ukraine as Biden’s Sacrificed Pawn: A Mismanagement under the Declining U.S. Hegemony

Putin’s War - 3

RETRACTED Environmentally forced migrations in the European policy framework

2022 Ukraine: Is a new and different world order being created?

Ukraine in the third world war in pieces

Putin’s War - 4

2022 Serbia: Elections in the shadow of pressures, Ukraine crisis and Kosovo

Putin’s War

2022 Elections in Serbia: Yet another attempt of “assassination of Serbia”?

Handling the Ukraine Crisis: A Geopolitical Perspective

Color revolution in Kazakhstan 2022

Of Health and Nuclear Holocaust (Intentionality, Directionality and Outcome)

IFIMES II: Population and pollution and urbanisation

2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina: From “non-paper” to crawling war

2022 Serbia: Referendum – Chance for a turning point in judiciary

2022 Open Balkan: One voice and an opportunity for all

2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Most brutal attack on truth about Holocaust in XXI century directed and implemented by Milorad Dodik (SNSD) and Dragan Čović (HDZ)

The Future of the EU: One-block or Two-block EU

JHA Diplomacy Towards the Universal Criminal Justice - 20 Years After

2021 Bosna and Herzegovina: Russia establishes its modus operandi in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The role of Open society foundation in putting the justice system under the control of the Albanian socialist party through the judicial reform

2021 Local Elections in North Macedonia: Election with historic consequences

The Western Balkans between democratic challenges and European aspirations: what role for the Council of Europe?

2021 Local Elections on Kosovo: A sort of defeat of international community

2021 EU – West Balkans summit: EU Credibility in Western Balkans undermined?

Europe is entrapped

What have we learnt in the past century?

2021 Serbia: ‘Conflict’ of two constitutional concepts

2021 North Macedonia: Morally humiliated and disgraced EU

Persona non grata without single fact or piece of evidence?

Will the US - Russia arms control be continued after the Biden-Putin Geneva summit?

Biden-Putin summit, surprising or long-awaited

2021 Serbia: New internal and external challenges

2021 North Macedonia: Is EU heading towards its next historical mistake?

Vienna Process 2021: Re-visiting and Re-thinking the Euro-MED

President of Malta at the Vienna Process 2021: No Europe without its Neighborhood

French Senator Allizard attending the Vienna Process: Mediterranean – Theatre for future Europe

2021 Elections in Albania: Edi Rama's political capitulation?

2021 Elections in Albania: Citizens against Mafia / Qytetarët kundër mafies

“Facadization” of Tirana and “cannabization” of Albania

2021 Elections in Bulgaria: Boyko Borisov's “Russian roulette”

Vienna process 2021: In times of crisis in Europe the Rule of Law needed more than ever

2021 Elections in Bulgaria: Bulgarian “assault” on North Macedonia

2021 Montenegro: Exporter of Crime to the Region

New constructivism needed towards Europe's East

2021 North Macedonia: Increased Security Challenges and Threats

The East European fire arc - an actual danger Romania should take into account

Turkey 2021: Is Turkey returning to the old electoral system?

Improving human rights through empowering citizens and rebuilding trust across Europe

2021 Early Elections on Kosovo: Chance for New Beginning?

2021 Early Elections in Kosovo: End of an era

Lessons learned after the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement

Balkan 2021: Who jeopardizes Balkans?

Montenegro 2020: Đukanović's war with the USA (and the West)

Time for clear words and actions

2020 Albania: Edi Rama takes Albania closer to Latin America not EU

2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina- Croatia: Relations in the shadow of recent history

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020: There will be no rule of law without comprehensive judicial reform - Fadil Novalić case illustrates the state of the BiH judiciary

2020 Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict: Return of Russia to Caucasus - end of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan

2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stumbling judiciary is the cancer of BiH Society

European logistics hubs of Belt and Road Initiative.Aftermath of the BRI implementation in CEEC

2020 United States of America: Foreign Policy of the New US Administration for Europe, Middle East and Western Balkans

2020 Bulgaria: Bulgarian ‘certification’ of identity of Macedonians and Macedonian Language?

Brief History of Ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Taking for granted… be wary

Perceiving corruption: Rethinking accountability, revolution and challenging the status quo in Lebanon

Netizens Alliance over the cup of Milk Tea - Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong supporting each other’s democracy quest

2020 Local Elections in BiH: Wave of political changes moves from Montenegro to Bosnia and Herzegovina

The death of the Second Republic: Understanding the spark for social mobilization in contemporary Lebanon

Slovenian Foreign Policy – Way ahead

Lebanon 2020: From “The Pearl of the Orient” to failed state?

2020 Azerbaijan – Armenia conflict: Historical conflict or conflict with geostrategic dimensions

2020 Bulgaria: Bulgaria exports its problems to North Macedonia

How to Spend it: An Austro-Franco-German Proposal for a European Covid-19 Recovery Programme

China and Nuclear Arms Control Possible Implications of China’s Involvement in Nuclear Arms Talks

2020 US-Serbia-Kosovo agreement: New era of Serbia-US political and economic relations

Political will is needed to foster multilateralism in Europe – Dr. Franz Fischler says

Belt and Road in the Central and Eastern EU and non-EU Europe: Obstacles, Sentiments, Challenges

Morocco’s relentless diplomacy in the Libyan crisis

Human Rights 75 years After: Privacy respect in the EU

The EU should live up what it stands for: We might be all Hong Kong tomorrow

2020 Eastern Mediterranean: New episode of political tensions

All for Global Citizens: President Fischer on 75 years of triumph of antifascism

Throwback to a powerful and timely HR message addressed to the citizens of the world

2020 Parliamentary elections in Montenegro: Will EU recognize results of elections in Montenegro?

2020 Belarus: Belarus between EU imperialism and Russian occupation

The future of Europe depends on its neighborhood – UfM’s Nasser Kamel says

2020 Parliamentary Elections in Montenegro: End of Milo Đukanović's Era

What will the future look like?

2020 Western Balkans: Attempt at repeating history

2020 Belarus: Wagnerization of Belarus

Ongoing Reforms for Prosperity and a brighter future for Morocco

Vienna Process 2020: From Culture for Peace to Culture of Peace

Legacy of antifascism for the common pan-European future

Turkey and the UAE’s Dangerous Collision Course

2020 Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia: Will the Macedonians be on the right side of the history again?

Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia 2020: Membership in NATO is the Country’s Historic Success

Of multilateralism and future to Europe Recalibration

2020 Parliamentary elections in Croatia: Croatia in-between the past and the future

European Reconstruction: A Project Born of Uncertainty

2020 Elections in Serbia: Serbia needs a strong government and continuation of initiated reforms

Iron Fist for Pacific East

GCC 2020 crisis: Will Europe become the new destination for workers from the Gulf and Saudi citizens?

The UAE’s Growing Role in Central Asia: Geopolitical Inroads to Challenge Turkey and Iran

2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro: Dodik and Đukanović destabilizing factors in Balkans and Europe?

White Paper on European Critical Health Infrastructure

Restoring Trust in Global Governance (World on Autopilot – Addendum)

Serbia 2020: Serbia – scene of confrontation of intelligence services?

Covid-19 and the way to return to normal: role of OIC (Muslim World and its Rapid Reaction Capacitation in times of new type/s of asymmetric challenges)

Why we are only Macedonians and nothing else?

EU at Crossroads

Leadership for Thought: Non-Permanent members lead the Security Council through COVID-19

What the world can learn from Italy about Covid-19 virus?

World on Autopilot: The UN Security Council should urgently address Covid-19

Security-intelligence activities at the time of Covid-19 pandemic

Geopolitics of survival or geopolitical aspects of the evolution of Covid-19

Natural Disasters as Detonators of Sociopolitical Change: Bosnia-Herzegovina 2014-2020

Globalization at the time of Covid-19 virus

The Corona Crisis and Israel’s National Security

Thoughts of Romania’s Foreign Policy on the Background of the European Foreign Policy

3De-evolution of Europe - The equation of Communism with Nazism

Vladimir Putin’s politics in harmony with the Orthodox Church - The Rebirth of the Patriarch of Moscow

The Future of Turkey after the Last Elections: the Kurdish question and the economic outlook

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict over Crimea

The genocide in Srebrenica (and in Rwanda) and its impact on the development of international law

Bosnia and Herzegovina: The final phase of genocide?

Geopolitics & Organized Crime and Corruption in the Early 21st Century with Reference to the Balkans

Reforms of (Private) University Sector in Kosovo 2009

Local Election in Kosovo: The Ugly Political Language of PDK

University Reform in Kosovo: Reforms of (Private) University Sector in Kosovo 2009

Local Election in Kosovo: Independence Accomplished – New Goals Ahead for Kosovo

Professional Diplomacy: Yes or No?

Albania and 2009 Parliamentary Elections: Election Campaign with the Taste of Blood

Albania and 2009 Parliamentary Elections: Socialist Alliance for Integration – The Key to Composing the New Government

Albania and 2009 Parliamentary Elections: Socialist Alliance for Integration – The Key to Composing the New Government

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Inauguration of the New Serbian Leader in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Local Elections More Important Than Presidential Elections for Albanians

US Military Bases in Romania and Bulgaria and Their Possible Implications on Regional Security

2021 Elections in Albania: “Facadization” of Tirana and “cannabization” of Albania

Izraelsko-palestinski sukob

Mladi i izbori – budućnost EU

Parlamentarni izbori u Hrvatskoj 2024: Klizi li Hrvatska u autokraciju?

Predsjednički izbori u Republici Sjevernoj Makedoniji2024: Ivanov(izacija) predsjedničke funkcije?

Finansije – oružje za masovno uništavanje? Sankcije: svrhai rezultati

Predsjednički i parlamentarni izbori u Republici SjevernojMakedoniji 2024: Povratak u neogruevizam?

Na putu ka mogućem miru na Južnom Kavkazu?

U 2024. godini demokratija je na glasačkom listiću

Srbija 2024: Izborna bitka za Beograd - opozicija želi vlastbez izbora?

Srbija 2024: Može li »upumpavanje« inostranog novcautjecati na rezultate izbora?

Evropski izbori 2024: Izbor između rata i mira

U devoluciju tehnologijom (Digitalni kolonijalizamnovodobnog tehnofeudalizma)

Bosna i Hercegovina 2024: Da li je ugrožen mir u BiH?

Iran 2024: Reformator Pezeshkian na putu reformi?

Regionalna saradnja i budućnost u EU („brže, više, jače“)

Bjelorusija 2024: Euroazijske dimenzije članstva Bjelorusije u Šangajskoj organizaciji za saradnji (SCO)

Centralna Azija 2024: Trans-Kaspijska međunarodnatransportna ruta i jačanje partnerstva EU – Kirgistan

Srbija 2024: Između »specijalnog rata« i »lansiranja« nasvjetsku scenu?

Lokalni izbori u BiH 2024: Političke elite žive u paralelno jstvarnosti

Apsurdni ratovi Bliskog istoka: Iransko-izraelskakonfrontacija - početak regionalnog rata ili „strategijeodvraćanja“?

Makedonsko -Bugarski odnosi 2024: Zašto su Makedonciupravu u vezi sa Bugarskom?

Pobjeda Donalda Trumpa nova globalna realnost

Specifičnosti presude u predmetu »Kovačević vs. Bosna iHercegovina«

Predsjednički izbori u Bjelorusiji 2025: Prokletstvo iosveta geografije

Predsjednički izbori u Hrvatskoj 2024: Favorit ne sudjeluje u izbornoj kampanji

The fall of the Syrian regime and regional implications

Presidential elections in Croatia 2025: A choice between »constitutional« and »false« patriotism

Predsjednički izbori u Bjelorusiji 2025: Lukashenko – vještina balansiranja odnosa između Istoka i Zapada

Sirija 2025: Historijski sirijski projekt: Od revolucije domoderne inkluzivne građanske države

Parlamentarni izbori na Kosovu 2025: Potreban novi pristup za Kosovo

Predsjednički izbori u Bjelorusiji 2025: Nova faza društveno-političkog i ekonomskog razvoja zemlje

Prevazilaženje efekta eho komore u analizama o Sjevernoj Koreji

Parlamentarni izbori na Kosovu 2025: Da li je na sceni ponovni pokušaj podjele Kosova?

Geopolitička vizija budućnosti: Srbija u novom globalnom poretku

Titovo Velenje i Trumpov Balkan

Pred nama su nepredvidivi dani

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025: Two US plans for theBalkans and BiH at odds with expansionist concepts?

Europe’s Real Chance is OSCE

Fragmentation of Media Reality

Yalta 2.0 is crushing Helsinki – Multilateralism upside-down

Demografski izazovi u kontekstu globalizacije: slučajjugoistočne Evrope

Why Truce Talks now? The Significance of the Trump Revolution

Belarus – UAE 2025: Synergy of two visionary leaders: Strategic partnership betweenBelarus and the United Arab Emirates

The NATO Meeting in The Hague and the Latest Developments in the International Security Environment: Conclusions and Lessons for Military and Intelligence Services

The Media construction of a Threat: Scapegoating the Latinx community to make »America Great Again«

Comparative Study of Reconciliation Efforts in Post-Conflict Societies: Key Takeaways from selected regions of the world (African, American, Asian and European continent)

Hitting Moscow – between strategic desperation and balance by force

Putin-Trump Headline Alaska; Zelensky Peanut Gallery

The world goes on as usual – unpredictably

Geopolitical developments in the first quarter of the 21stcentury: Romania’s position and strategic outlook toward 2050

Геополитическое значение Арктики и политика США в отношении северной транспортной сети

Show or Reality? Hitting Moscow – Between Strategic Desperation and Balance by Force (Part II)

Serbia 2025: Serbia wants a return to normal life

EU vs UE (European Union vs United Europe)

Secure and transparent investments through Anti-Money Laundering Controls and Transparency

Local elections in Kosovo 2025: Between institutional deadlock and a test of democracy

A tribute to Charlie Kirk: Freedom of speech, pluralism and safeguarding values in a global context

Jewish Intelligence Power as a Critical Intervening Factor in Hegemonic Transference

Unpredictable World, continued

Local elections in Kosovo 2025: the role of Russia, the US and the EU in reshaping the political landscape

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