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The Banjska Case
More than two and a half years have passed since the armed incident in the village of Banjska in northern Kosovo brought the region to the brink of a new…
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Western Balkans Overview Jan 26, 2026 – CWBS
Truck drivers blocked border crossings in four Western Balkan countries Truck drivers from Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina began mass blockades of border crossings for freight transport…
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Ecological protest or external pressure and an attempt at destabilization? – Ljubomir Filipović
Around the New Year, things have stirred up in Montenegro once again. Threats of sabotage, blockades of the most important traffic arteries, and a media campaign conducted by Montenegrin and…
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Powder Keg 2.0
The Western Balkans, and the broader region of Southeast Europe as a whole, are undergoing the most intensive phase of rearmament since the end of the Yugoslav wars. The largest…
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Western Balkans Overview Jan 16, 2026 – CWBS
The European Commission Approved the National Defence Plans of Eight Member States, Including Croatia The European Commission has approved and forwarded for adoption by the Council of the EU the…
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Hybrid Warfare in Kosovo and the Western Balkans – Orhan M. Çeku
Introduction In the modern era, where the boundaries between peace and war have become increasingly blurred, a new concept of conflict has emerged that dominates strategic thinking and global security…
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Western Balkans Overview Jan 09, 2026 – CWBS
“Serb List” won 9 out of 10 seats in the Kosovo parliament In the snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo held on 28 December, the Self-Determination Movement (Lëvizja Vetëvendosje, LVV) of…
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One people – Vitalii Portnikov
In his recent speech at a meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, President Putin, illustrating the West’s contemptuous attitude toward Russia after the…
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Western Balkans Overview Jan 02, 2026 – CWBS
The United States Temporarily Allowed the Operation of NIS On 31 December 2025, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) extended the operating…
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Western Balkan – 2025
The main outcome of 2025 for the Western Balkan was a prevented deterioration of the security situation in the region. Although at the beginning of the year the forecasts were…