Serbia
Serbia is Not a Russian Ally
Any lingering doubts about whether Serbia is oriented toward the West were dispelled in Belgrade on July 19. On that date, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and...
Ukraine Isn’t Getting 36 MiG-29 Fighters from Serbia After All
Summary: Recent rumors suggested that Serbia might send its fleet of MiG-29s to Ukraine as part of a deal with France for Rafale jets, sparking surprise due to Serbia’s close...
Serbia is Committed to Balkan Peace
The recent National Interest article, “Serbian Officials Threaten Violence If UN Adopts Srebrenica Resolution,” misunderstands and misrepresents the situation in the region. As a guarantor of the Dayton Agreement, Serbia...
Serbian Officials Threaten Violence If UN Adopts Srebrenica Resolution
Recent attempts by the United Nations (UN) to pass a resolution commemorating the victims of the Srebrenica Genocide have been met with vehement opposition from Serbian officials. This constitutes not...
In Kosovo, the United States Risks Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
New developments in the Western Balkans are threatening the precarious peace achieved under American leadership since the end of the 1999 Kosovo war. A terrorist attack in northern Kosovo last...
What Does Multipolarity Mean for Kosovo?
Amid Yugoslavia’s break up in the early 1990s, Serbia pursued its “Greater Serbia” agenda based on the belief that all ethnic Serbs in the region should belong to one single...
Moscow’s Man in Belgrade
Last month, the most serious violence witnessed for years in Kosovo played out as armed Serb paramilitaries ambushed a police patrol near the village of Banjska, leaving one policeman dead....
In the Age of Illegal Mass Migration, Border Protection Starts Next Door
When it comes to illegal mass migration, it is almost impossible to successfully protect a thin border line stretching for hundreds and thousands of miles. Thousands of people—concentrating their efforts...
Biden’s Shortsighted Policy in the Western Balkans
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many observers expected that Putin’s proxies in the Western Balkans would face hard times, yet the opposite seems to be occurring. Instead of punishing Kremlin’s...
The Interventionist Dilemma: Rules-Based Order versus the Humanitarian Exception
Proponents of a highly activist U.S. policy in the world keep stumbling upon (and evading) a troubling contradiction. Washington repeatedly emphasizes the need to protect the “rules-based international order that...
The Anatomy of Annexation: How a 2010 ICJ Ruling Destabilized International Law to Putin’s Benefit
Vladimir Putin’s speech to mark the annexation of four Ukrainian regions was rich in history and hyperbole. However, the Russian leader leveled an accusation at the West it struggles to...
Far-Right Protesters Clash With Police at Serbian Pride March
Serbian police arrested more than thirty people on Saturday following right-wing demonstrations during Europe’s annual EuroPride LGBT pride march in Belgrade—a march that took place in open defiance of a...