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Through careful language and strategic ambiguity, Serbia’s president is reshaping the public memory of the Yugoslav wars. by Romir Hoxhaj (Belgrade) By the standards of Balkan political rhetoric, the interview that Aleksandar Vučić gave this week to Radio Television of Serbia might appear restrained. There were no outright denials of war crimes. No direct …
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The US Ambassador to Greece made an unannounced, private visit to Prime Minister Rama on March 11. No statement has followed. The standard read — that Washington sent a message and Tirana received it — is probably wrong. by Klea Ukaj (Michigan, USA) On the evening of Wednesday, March 11, cameras near Pyramid Park captured …
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The western Balkans’ first hypersonic-capable military power acquired its weapons in plain sight. The silence that followed is not an oversight — it is a choice. By Drizan Shala (Pristina) Photographs circulating this week show a Serbian Air Force MiG-29 carrying two Chinese CM-400AKG ballistic missiles — a weapon classified as hypersonic-capable, with a …
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For Dodik and his allies, Albanian political agency itself remains the threat. by Fatos Kabashi (Prishtina) When Milorad Dodik reacted to the recent trilateral defense declaration signed by Croatia, Albania, and Kosovo, much of the Western coverage treated the episode as another routine flare-up in Balkan politics. It was reported, filed under “regional tensions,” …
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The Middle East escalation is not just a geopolitical event for the Balkans. It is a mirror. By Mustafa Cuhadar (Ankara) The massive escalation in the Middle East — U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran’s missile retaliation, and the spiral of responses that followed — is striking a nerve in the Balkans that …
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Kosovo’s constitutional crisis is not just Pristina’s problem by Besa Ruka (Tirana) The session was scheduled. The chamber was technically open. And then nothing happened. On the morning Kosovo’s constitution required its Assembly to have set a presidential election in motion, opposition deputies simply did not take their seats. No quorum. No vote. No process. …
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After months of military positioning and stalled nuclear negotiations, Washington concluded that deterrence required force — a decision with consequences stretching from the Gulf to Europe’s eastern flank. By Elis Cali (Michigan) The U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28 followed weeks of visible American force repositioning and months of faltering diplomacy over Tehran’s …
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By equating Iran strikes with 1999, Belgrade contests the moral foundation of American power — even as it seeks deeper ties with Washington. In Washington, Serbia’s diplomacy speaks the language of partnership. It emphasizes economic cooperation, energy security, regional stability, and constructive engagement with the United States. The tone is measured. The message is …
