Southeastern Europe

EU Feb 6, 2018 Snapshot

A Way Forward for the Balkans?

The EU has offered an updated and considerably more robust strategy for the region, but will it do enough to change the dynamics in the region?

Florian Bieber

Economics January/February 2018 Review Essay

Beware Greeks Bearing Rifts

Despite his largely correct convictions about the Greek debt crisis, Yanis Varoufakis was not an effective politician and he failed to negotiate a better deal with...

Martin Sandbu

Security Jul 7, 2017 Snapshot

How to Fix the Western Balkans

The United States and the EU must do more to show the citizens of the Balkans that a peaceful European future is still possible.

Jeffrey Mankoff

Members of Kosovo Security Forces during a celebration marking the eighth anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence, Pristina, February 2016.

Civil Society Jan 12, 2017 Snapshot

Authoritarianism in Macedonia

Macedonian President Nikola Gruevski's VMRO-DPMNE party won a narrow victory in the country's recent parliamentary elections. Over the course of his ten-year rule,...

Fabio Mattioli

People walk next to posters of the candidates for the early parliamentary elections in Skopje, Macedonia, December 2016.

Southeastern Europe Dec 22, 2016 Snapshot

Montenegro's NATO Bid

Montenegro, which has fewer residents than Nashville and an army of only 2,000 troops, is an unlikely strategic harbinger of U.S.-Russian relations.

Edward P. Joseph and Siniša Vuković

Russian paratroopers during a joint Serbian-Russian military exercise near Belgrade, November 2016.

Religion Jul 14, 2016 Snapshot

Russian Prayers

The recent Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church highlighted the growing influence of the Russian church in Eastern Orthodoxy.

Jonathan Gorvett

An Orthodox church in Volgograd, Russia, January 2014.

Politics & Society Aug 31, 2015 Snapshot

Party on, Tsipras

On August 20, just hours after Greece received the first tranche of its 86 billion euro bailout and just seven months after he assumed office, Greek Prime Minister...

Alexandra Filindra and R. Daniel Kelemen

Best of 2015 May 10, 2015 Snapshot

The Balkans, Interrupted

With Macedonia facing its worst ever political crisis, with Bosnian unity at its most tenuous since the war, and with Kosovo witnessing a mass exodus of citizens who...

Edward P. Joseph

Visitors walk on an art installation inside a bunker near in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 24, 2015.

NATO Oct 15, 2009 Snapshot

From the Archives: 1989

The Editors

Security Jun 26, 2014 Snapshot

Long March to Brussels

To help contain Russia, Washington must use its influence to break the stalemate within Europe over NATO and EU expansion in the Balkans.

Edward P. Joseph and Janusz Bugajski

Politics & Society May 7, 2014 Snapshot

Ukraine's Last Best Hope

The turmoil unfolding in Ukraine provides the people of Ukraine with an opportunity to make their country a better place, but only if their leaders follow...

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith

Economic Development March/April 2014 Comment

Eastern Europe Goes South

Ten years ago, eight eastern European states joined the European Union, seemingly locking them onto an upward developmental trajectory. But now this supposed triumph...

Jan-Werner Müller

Politics & Society January/February 2013 Interview

Turkey's Moment

A Conversation With Abdullah Gul

Somewhat overshadowed by his longtime ally, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President Abdullah Gul has begun to carve out a more independent, progressive path.

Economics January/February 2013 Comment

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The Fall and Rise of the West

While the grim effects of the 2008 financial crisis still resonate across the globe, the recession wasn't all bad: it triggered fundamental economic restructuring, and...

Roger C. Altman

Europe Jul 11, 2012 Snapshot

The Turkish-Iranian Alliance That Wasn't

There has been considerable hand-wringing in western capitals about Turkey and Iran building a closer relationship. But such worries exaggerate the common interests of...

F. Stephen Larrabee

Europe Jun 12, 2012 Snapshot

Greece Votes Itself in the Foot

The center-right New Democracy (ND) party and the Coalition of the Radical Left, known as Syriza, are in a dead heat in the run-up to Sunday's Greek legislative...

Stathis N. Kalyvas

Europe Jun 8, 2012 Snapshot

The World Waits For Germany

Two years, three sovereign bailouts, more than a trillion euros in cheap ECB loans, and dozens of summits later, the latest developments in Germany suggest that Berlin...

Mark Blyth and Matthias Matthijs

Southeastern Europe July 1951 Essay

Eisenhower's Right Flank

Hamilton Fish Armstrong

Political Development April 1938 Essay

Eastern Europe: Vassal or Free?

André Géraud ("Pertinax")

Southeastern Europe January 1938 Essay

Italy and the Jugoslav Idea

Past and Present

Count Carlo Sforza

Southeastern Europe

A Way Forward for the Balkans?

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