Slovenia’s presidential elections are scheduled for the end of the year. Will incumbent #instapresident Borut “Barbie”…
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Serbia, Steven Seagal and the S-300 Missile Defense System
Welcome to Serbia at its weirdest. Russia’s deputy prime minister enjoys taunting the United States…
Russia and Macedonia: The Ghosts of Pan-Slavism
Why do counter-protesters in favour of Gruevski’s government wave around Orthodox crosses, Russian flags, and…
Putin’s Muscular Politics and the Power of Photography
How seriously should we take political propaganda photography in the 21st century? Sanja Bjelica looks…
The Myth of Ancient Friendship: The Instrumentalization of Russia-Serbia Relations
The argument that a simple cultural fondness animates Russia-Serbia relations today is not dissimilar from…
A Street-Level View of Russia’s Economic Crisis
I arrived in Moscow in September and have since seen the effects of Russia’s economic…
The Week in Pictures
The past week has been disorienting. There were moments that looked and felt like a…