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Published in: HomeCan a Kosovo-Serbia deal cheer up the Balkans?
Unlike most of the world's economic powers, Serbia still does not recognise Kosovo as a state. It will need to,...
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Published in: openSecurityIslamabad under scrutiny from China as Pakistan-trained terrorists blamed for attacks in Xinjiang
China publicly links recent attacks in Xinjiang province to Pakistan-based terrorist group. Radical anti-US cleric...
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Published in: HomeICTY: favouring prosecution over justice?
The partial retrial of Kosovo's former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj over charges of murder, cruel treatment and...
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Published in: HomeSerbia and Kosovo: war of nerves
Since the ICJ ruled Kosovo’s independence legal last year, Serbia’s position on Kosovo has become untenable, both...
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Published in: openSecurityThree years after independence, Kosovo still struggles for recognition
Kosovo faces a host of challenges in its fourth year of independence, not least the quest for diplomatic recognition.
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Published in: HomeTransnational networks and state-building in the Balkans
Informality allows people to change their immediate circumstances for the better, but it locks the state and society...
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Published in: HomeThe human organs of the Council of Europe: there is no evidence in the Marty report
Dick Marty's report to the Council of Europe reflects the unfortunate politicisation of that body by Russia since...
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Published in: HomeOrgan trafficking allegations against Kosovo PM need serious investigation with full cooperation of the EU and the USA
Dick Marty's Council of Europe report is serious and credible. It alleges organ trafficking and other crimes and...
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Published in: openSecurityBombing in Istanbul injures dozens on day that PKK ceasefire expires
Bombing in Istanbul main square injures dozens and rattles nerves. Nato to reduce its Kosovo force by half. Iraqi...
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Published in: HomeKosovo: the UN court has spoken, let the dialogue begin
The Balkans are the next chapter in a quintessentially European story about competing claims for identity,...
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Published in: HomeKosovo: the UN court has spoken, let the dialogue begin
The Balkans are the next chapter in a quintessentially European story about competing claims for identity,...
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Published in: HomeKosovo, law and politics
The International Court of Justice ruling on Kosovo’s independence offers the European Union a vital opportunity to...
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Published in: HomeKosovo, Serbia and Bosnia: after the ICJ
The International Court of Justice ruling on Kosovo’s declaration of independence benefits Serbia too. But what of...
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Published in: 50.50Reconceptualising war
What if defeating the enemy was the justification for war, but not its real goal? What if its goal was a certain...
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Published in: openSecurityInternal reform in international limbo: Kosovo celebrates its second birthday
Two years on, the Pristina government is on a tightrope-walk to independence. Between the pitfalls of intenational...
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Published in: HomeUnited Nations authority: after Kosovo
The ability of the United Nations to play a leading role in the emerging era of multilateral diplomacy is...