editor, Author at Center for Western Balkans Studies

The Students’ Mission Is to Bring Down Vučić – Boris Varga

Only the populist appeal of the Student List can defeat Aleksandar Vučić’s populist coalition. The snap parliamentary elections called by President Aleksandar Vučić for 25 October will not decide whether…

October 1, 2026Opinions

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Montenegro must enforce sanctions inside its universities – Danilo Kalezić

Montenegro must apply its sanctions policy inside public institutions. Alignment with European Union decisions carries obligations that cannot end with a government announcement. The recent visit of Russian academics to…

September 29, 2026Opinions

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An Albanian-Style Spy Thriller

In September 2026, Albania found itself at the center of a major scandal combining suspicions of manipulation of state IT tenders, links to organized crime, and the leakage of classified…

September 25, 2026Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Sep 24, 2026 – CWBS

Serbia Took Part in the Inaugural Summit of the “Carpathian Eight” From 18 to 20 September, the Carpathian 8 Summit – the inaugural summit of the “Carpathian Eight” (C8) –…

September 24, 2026Reports

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From Sympathy for Moscow to the Question of Ukraine’s Borders: What Milan Knežević’s New Statement Means

“The newly formed territories of the Russian Federation on the former territory of Ukraine” — this is how Montenegro’s Democratic People’s Party (DNP) described the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia…

September 23, 2026Articles

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The Paradoxes of a Court Ruling

The verdict handed down by the Specialist Chambers in The Hague to the leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was supposed to mark the conclusion of a years-long process…

September 21, 2026Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Sep 17, 2026 – CWBS

Kosovo Court in The Hague Finds Former Kosovo Liberation Army Leaders Guilty of War Crimes On 16 September, the Specialist Chambers, which operate within Kosovo’s judicial system but work with…

September 18, 2026Reports

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The Architecture of Stagnation: How Has the EU Placed the Kosovo–Serbia Dialogue into a New Status Quo? – Orhan M. Çeku

After more than a decade of dialogue mediated by the European Union, relations between Kosovo and Serbia face a political paradox: the dialogue continues, agreements exist, and implementation mechanisms have…

September 16, 2026Opinions

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How Money From Bosnia and Herzegovina Was Flowing Into the Business Network of a Sanctioned Russian Billionaire – Nino Bilajac

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, I began investigating the operations of the Russian retail chain MERE in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At first, I had only documents…

September 14, 2026Opinions

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Shadows of the Past over Belgrade

Images of the burial of former commander of the Army of Republika Srpska Ratko Mladić in Belgrade with full military honours and with the participation of Serbian ministers shocked Europe…

September 11, 2026Articles