Next Year in Jerusalem: The Serbian Embassy and Kosovo Go On a Pilgrimage with Trump
On September 4th, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met with the PM of Kosovo Avdullah Hoti in the White House, in the presence of Donald Trump, to sign the “Economic Normalization Agreements between…
As Greece’s Golden Dawn Trial Comes to a Close, Civil Resistance Remains Critical
With Greece’s Golden Dawn trial set to end on October 7th, writer Remco Van der Meer takes us through the sprawling trial and finds that the street protests that were crucial to…
The Political Life of Monuments: Hagia Sophia One Month On
Over the course of its 1500-year history, the late Roman building known as the Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), has served as the setting for many ceremonies, religious, political, and more often than…
Protest in Belarus: Who? Why? With What Aims? — A Politico-Economic Analysis
The wave of debate that has followed the events in Belarus has left out of the account the key questions: why are people taking to the streets of Minsk and other cities,…
An Urgent Call For Solidarity From Belarus
Belarusian workers and representatives of the organized left call for solidarity and support in resisting both Lukashenko and the pro-capital opposition. Comrades! We, Belarusian workers and representatives of the organized left…
An International Quagmire: Genocide and Intervention During the Bosnian War, 1992-1995
What happens when a genocide is carried out in a region of negligible value to the ‘international community’? The end of the Cold War marked a new era of peace and…
What do Kosovo’s Election Results Mean for Inter-ethnic Relations, Reconciliation and Transitional Justice?
The results of last Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Kosovo have been hailed in local, regional, and international media as a turning point. Being the first post-independence elections in which former UÇK (Kosovo…
Haradinaj’s Resignation 2.0: The Continued Politicisation of Transitional Justice in Kosovo
While Ramush Haradinaj’s resignation as Kosovo Prime Minister sparked dramatic reactions, and ignited speculation about political ramifications, these latest developments highlight continuity more than change. The continuing influence of UÇK (Kosovo Liberation…
Serbia’s Orthodox Far-Right Increases its Visibility — and Adaptability — with Protests
There is something rotten in the state of Serbia. The on-going anti-government protests, which began on November 30th, 2018, are manifestations of major dissatisfaction with the rule of President Aleksandar Vučić. The…
Beyond Balkanism
Beyond Balkanism: The Scholarly Politics of Region Making By Diana Mishkova Routledge, 282 pp., £115, July 2018, 9780815376705 In 1998, Maria Todorova opened her seminal work, Imagining the Balkans, by asserting…