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Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 October 2023

The deployment raises the number of UK troops within NATO’s KFOR mission to 600. The move comes in response to escalating violence in Kosovo. Despite Brexit, the United Kingdom…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 27 December 2023

AI start-ups and companies founded in the last few years in South-eastern Europe are now starting to reveal their potential. However, factors such as the brain drain and the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 October 2023

Countries such as Poland, Romania and Hungary have attracted major investment into manufacturing. A new wave of foreign direct investment (FDI) could drive functional upgrading of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 July 2023

Caretaker administrations are a consequence of political fragmentation. Some allow existing cabinets to remain with limited powers; others are technocratic in nature, governing…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 June 2023
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France’s role in Eastern Europe will expand

Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began, France has deepened its involvement in Eastern Europe through weapon deliveries to Kyiv, military deployments on NATO’s…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 August 2023

The US government has identified high-level corruption involving senior officials and politically connected tycoons as a key threat to Western Balkan stability. It sees the fight…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 November 2023

The EU has put aside EUR6bn (USD6.4bn) to advance the inclusion of Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia into the single market and to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 27 November 2023

After an incident in late September that left one Kosovar police officer and three Serbian gunmen dead, the dispute over Kosovo’s sovereignty has become more dangerous, prompting…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 September 2023

Turkish state-owned utility BOTAS has a supply contract with Bulgargaz which also includes access to the Bulgarian grid. It is in position to resell Russian gas to customers in…

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Publication date: 15 January 2024

Dodik’s law would transfer responsibility for elections in RS from the Central Electoral Commission to its RS equivalent, severing the RS political system from BiH and enabling…

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