Event News Publication PTD: Why we should care about demography - Population trends in Southeast Europe In around 30 years, formerly communist Central and Southeastern Europe have lost millions of people, probably unseen in peacetime. The Western Balkans lost 1.3% of their population in 2018 alone. Planning adequate social policies in...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics: Why we should care about demography - Population trends in SEE In around 30 years, formerly communist Central and Southeastern Europe have lost millions of people, probably unseen in peacetime. The Western Balkans lost 1.3% of their population in 2018 alone. Planning adequate social policies in...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Workers without borders? : The rights of workers from the Balkans in the EU EU citizens and Third Country Nationals are formally in very different situations when it comes to their mobility and rights in the European Union. However, this binary picture looks much more blurred when workers from Southeast Europe...
Event News Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends and Dynamics: The Russian invasion of Ukraine: what consequences for Southeast Europe? Europe is regrettably witnessing a return of war. Russia’s assault on Ukraine, a sovereign European nation, is likely to become the largest European conflict in decades, which has brought back horrors from the past, already taken a...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends and Dynamics: The Russian invasion of Ukraine: what consequences for Southeast Europe? Consequences of the war in Ukraine are felt well beyond its borders, and the circumstances have already caused unprecedented shifts in foreign policy across the continent. This issue of Political Trends and Dynamics in Southeast Europe...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Western Balkans Manifesto on the Future of Europe In the context of the Conference, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Dialogue Southeast Europe and the Austro-French Center for Rapprochement in Europe launched Western Balkans Perspectives on the Future of Europe in 2020. The outcome of the...
Publication Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE IETO: Inclusive Energy Transition in Southeast Europe as an Opportunity Inclusive energy transition includes the concept of just transition but also goes beyond it, encompassing the energy democracy and the involvement of the public. Just transition planning must be carried out from the bottom up, led by the...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Personalization of Politics - A comparative analysis of the impacts on democratization and autocratization in Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro Politics around Europe are becoming one-men (rarely women) shows. From the likes of Orban and Janša to Vučić and Đukanović – the political influence seems to be vested deeply in the capacities and wills of an individual. Trends like...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends and Dynamics: Diplomacy in Southeast Europe Third edition of Political Trends and Dynamics and the last one in 2021 offers insights on diplomacy in Southeast Europe – one of the critical tools in state arsenal for navigating through the international arena, for better or for...
Publication Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE PEET: The Political Economy of Energy Transition in Southeast Europe - Barriers and Obstacles Nine countries, one region: a first-of-its-kind political economy study on the barriers to an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable energy transition in SEE and how to overcome them. The study offers understanding of...