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
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
Losing the Western Balkans in Paris
Although the current focus on the fate of the United Kingdom is understandable, the EU still cannot afford to ignore the Western Balkans. If it... Read More
“Tito did this – and Vucic did” – what?
Aleksander Vucic is the most formidable politician to emerge so far in the post-Yugoslav space. What good will that do Serbia?
Kosovo – going nowhere fast
Kosovo is not, by itself, a sustainable economic or political entity. Waiting for Serbia to recognize Kosovo as independent (in order to enter the EU)... Read More
Reconsidering international criminal justice
The mechanisms of international criminal justice have received ample criticism for being slow, expensive, and limited or biased in scope. As we look ahead to... Read More
Dr. Radovan Karadzic – the triumph of death against life
Radovan Karadzic has shown that the impulse of death can be stronger than that of life. It is reported that, following the pattern of Slobodan... Read More
Karadzic’s conviction and Serbia’s rights trend
Given its neighborhood, Serbia may feel stable. But allowing toxic narratives to fester at home is dangerous. EU leaders should ask themselves whether this is... Read More
2016 Serbian general election – five key observations
Ahead of general elections in Serbia on Sunday 24th April, it is clear that current prime minister, Aleksandar Vučic, is king of all he surveys, that... Read More
Taney v. others (“Dred Scott” and American Civil War)
TransConflict is pleased to present extracts from Dražen Pehar’s book, ‘Dediscoursification – how discursive attitudes cause wars’, the key contention of which is that the attitude to... Read More
Skidelsky v. Ignatieff (On Kosovo and “Allied Force”)
TransConflict is pleased to present extracts from Dražen Pehar’s book, ‘Dediscoursification – how discursive attitudes cause wars’, the key contention of which is that the attitude to... Read More
Serbs v. USA and others (Rambouillet negotiations and “Allied Force”)
TransConflict is pleased to present extracts from Dražen Pehar’s book, ‘Dediscoursification – how discursive attitudes cause wars’, the key contention of which is that the attitude to... Read More
A hole in democracy
In the Balkans, the impermanence of borders and states and entrenched social and economic informality work against academic and official theories of formal institution building.
Kosovo – the defenestration of Oliver Ivanovic
Oliver Ivanovic is today a political prisoner being held as a result of an unholy – and rather short-sighted – alliance between the internationals, Belgrade... Read More
Lessons of the Balkan refugee crisis
The EU keeps reminding the countries of the region that 20 years after the end of the Balkan wars, the progress achieved in terms of... Read More
The asterisk gets bigger
Kosova’s defeat at UNESCO was as decisive as it was narrow because its stunted sovereignty leaves Pristina no room for error.
Between Russia and the west
Dysfunctionality in Serbia and Bosnia reflects the larger economic conflict between Russia and the west.
Yugoslavia, Syria and Iraq – lessons learnable?
The demise of Yugoslavia has several important lessons for other divided contexts. First, if you want to maintain the stability of internally divided states, it... Read More
What has Turkey 2015 to learn from Yugoslavia 1989? – Part One
Call it a twist of fate or whatever you like, but the recent political developments in Turkey remind too much of Yugoslavia in 1989. Often... Read More
Inertia, violence, inertia
Balkan communities have little hope of escaping the treadmill they are on unless the turn away from the EU, US, Russia, and other outside “helpers”... Read More
Leaving Serbia and Kosovo to settle things themselves?
The EU may just leave it to Serbia and Kosovo by sorting out their economic relations – opportunities exist for Serbia to play a significant... Read More
Agreeing to end civil wars – reflections from the Balkans to Ukraine
If civil wars were not destined as a rule to yield uneasy but stable partition, then it is hard to see why they would be... Read More
Zašto kosovski Srbi treba da sarađuju i participiraju zajedno
Dok se stavovi u okviru zajednice kosovskih Srba mogu razlikovati, s druge strane jedini način da poboljšatju svoj uticaj u postojećim institucijama, je kroz rad... Read More
Why Kosovo Serbs should work together and participate
While views may differ within the Kosovo Serb community, working on a common agenda and bargaining together with the Kosovo Albanians and other groups in... Read More
What next for Kosovo Serbs?
In light of the ongoing Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the time has also come for Kosovo Serbs to seize the opportunity to address the... Read More
