Democracy and rule of law — not stabilocrats — are the key for maintaining peace and stability in the Balkans, argues Maja Bjelos, a senior researcher at the Belgrade Centre… Read more »
Ukraine is not the only place where the contest between autocracy and democracy is taking place. It is also happening within several European democracies, through elections rather than military conflict…. Read more »
The time has come to openly regard the Republic of Serbia for what it is: A stalwart Russian and Chinese ally run by a semi-authoritarian government that proactively pursues ideologically… Read more »
China, Russia, and Turkey have increased their economic, political, and cultural influence in the region, as U.S. focus has waned and EU membership effectively stalled, according to new research from… Read more »
Opinions of American democracy have declined overseas even as other forms of US power remain in high regard, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Centre. “A median… Read more »
COVID-19 deepened Serbia’s local media crisis. Here’s what one @NEDemocracy partner did to help. https://t.co/ddqLTKVbpS — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 11, 2020
According to preliminary results, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), the ruling party of Serbia‘s President Aleksandar Vucic, claimed a landslide win in Sunday’s general elections, securing 190 (+/-) of the… Read more »
Serbia’s president declared a landslide victory Sunday for his right-wing party in a parliamentary vote held amid concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus and a boycott of much… Read more »
As leading authoritarian states exploit that Covid-19 pandemic to pursue a strategy of “co-option, coercion, and concealment,” as H.R. McMaster has summarized it, the old liberal order may rapidly… Read more »
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, ending the Cold War in Europe, new political divisions are rising between East and West. Despite the economic success of German reunification and… Read more »