Turning the Macedonian tables – what if the solution to the identity issue is the basis for solving the name of the state?
Perhaps an identity-related distinction rather than a geographical one could resolve the dispute more swiftly and on a permanent basis?
Engage them
Vucic and Dacic are mixing political interests with substantive proposals. So what?
Kosova-Metohija?
Do Kosovars and Serbs have options other than work avoidance?
Peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina – intercultural dialogue in Brcko District
A greater focus on understanding and evaluating the work of various peacebuilding initiatives – such as those of Svitac in Brcko District, Bosnia-Herzegovina – can... Read More
Belgrade-Pristina – a false promise of normalisation
The structural flaws in the foundations of the Brussels Dialogue may deal a painful blow to the aspirations of the European Union as the champion... Read More
Lexical issues and the fading Western project in the Balkans
Diplomatic jargon obstructs understanding of problems to be overcome and construction of the means of overcoming them.
Hacking the future
TransConflict is pleased to present a new project – initiated with the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Democracy for Development and NGO Aktiv – which aims... Read More
In the Balkans, perhaps it is time for an Ummah
The fraying status quo in the region gives Islamists an opportunity to broaden and deepen their influence.
The Balkan treadmill
The last thing the region needs is more “attention” from the European Union.
Two schools under one roof – a lesson in ethnic unmixing from Bosnia’s segregated school system
What about one inclusive people that welcomes differences while looking for similarities? Who stands in the way?
Doing harm
Bakir Izetbegovic should make public any new evidence he has relating to his appeal of Serbia’s acquittal regarding the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide. In detail. Now.
Moving forward in Macedonia
Can Zoran Zaev avoid turning into Zlatko Lagumdzija?
Using puppets to foster peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prejudice among schoolchildren in Bosnia and Herzegovina may be even greater now than before the Balkan Wars of the 1990s. But a worrying trend is... Read More
What does the US Congress know about Bosnia-Herzegovina?
On the basis of a report by Steven Woehrel, entitled ‘Bosnia-Herzegovina: Current issues and U.S. policy’, an average American congressperson is unlikely to form a clear... Read More
Macedonia’s elections – how the EU continues to fail the Western Balkans
It may seem like nothing has changed in Macedonia after Sunday’s elections, but look closer and you will see the cracks forming inside the country.
Is Bosnia the worst place in Europe to be a woman?
Despite huge strides made during socialism, the position of women in work and social life in Bosnia has taken a huge step back since independence.... Read More
Why Macedonia’s discredited rulers will win again
Despite astounding revelations of corruption and malpractice, Macedonia’s two ruling parties are likely to win the early elections in December for a combination of reasons.
The Balkans and the latest twists in Transatlantic decline
Given Brexit and Trump, the relationship between Putin and Merkel increasingly will provide the fulcrum of Balkan – and European – security.
Abdic, Dodik, Djukanovic, Etc…
Whatever happens patronage, not notional civic politics, will remain the bedrock structure of political, economic, and social organization in the Balkans—and not just the Balkans.... Read More
Paying for peace in Presevo
The recent agreement on providing Albanian-language textbooks for schools in southern Serbia suggests that lessons have been learned from previous relations between Serbia’s Albanian minority, Kosovo,... Read More
U 5/98-III: why it is doomed from an interpretive point of view (part 2)
The Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Constitutional Court decision of 1 July 2000 (U 5/98-III) attempted to demonstrate that the Dayton BiH Constitution implies a thesis on the... Read More
U 5/98-III: why it is doomed from an interpretive point of view (part 1)
The Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Constitutional Court decision of 1 July 2000 (U 5/98-III) attempted to demonstrate that the Dayton BiH Constitution implies a thesis on the... Read More
From Pristina to Damascus – understanding Kosovo’s fighters in Syria
A more holistic policy that examines the stagnation of EU integration efforts and addresses Kosovar identity as it relates to empathy with Syrians is necessary to... Read More
Refugees in Belgrade and the rise of ‘prickly spaces’
The official response to the refugee crisis across Europe and beyond has been a failure to engage in the hard work of imagining how newcomers,... Read More
The political participation of women in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Dayton Agreement and the Good Friday Agreement are inarguably similar, but also unique in their own right. For one, they differ in the outcome... Read More
