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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…

January 29, 2026Reports

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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…

January 28, 2026Opinions

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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…

January 27, 2026Articles

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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…

January 19, 2026Reports

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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…

January 15, 2026Opinions

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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…

January 12, 2026Reports

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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…

January 8, 2026Opinions

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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…

January 4, 2026Reports

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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…

December 31, 2025Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Dec 24, 2025 – CWBS

The EU decided not to open Cluster 3 in negotiations with Serbia, and Serbia decided not to participate in the EU–Western Balkans summit On the evening of 16 December, the…

December 24, 2025Reports