Publication Radical Political Engagement in Southeast Europe The level of divisiveness and polarization we are witnessing today demands a more careful consideration of the social processes driving the radical forms of political engagement, of the dynamics of radicalization and its embeddedness in...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics: The Far-Right in the EU and the Western Balkans The growing popularity and influence of reactionary, far-right movements represent an acute threat to regional and collective security and democracy in the 21st century. The rising tide of such movements has put great pressure on...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Refugees and Migrants in the Triangle of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia The public and the media rarely make a distinction between the terms "refugees" and "migrants", and in many cases they use the phrase "illegal migrants". It is clear that only an act itself can be held as illegal, while an individual...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Make-or-break moment: EU enlargement in southeast Europe in pandemic times The policy paper offers analysis and policy recommendations to political actors in the EU and SEE6 on current reframing of the European Union ́s enlargement policy towards the region. Integrating the SEE6 into the EU would be a step...
Publication Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE Climate action. Socially. Just. A manual of arguments for a fair and ecological society There are some issues which, despite their exceptionally complex and challenging nature, we have ample evidence to suggest are entirely solvable and, what is more, solving them would immediately change our lives for the better. Climate...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy A Quarter of a Century of Reconciliation that Doesn't Pay Off: An Essay on 25 Years of Remembering Srebrenica Reconciliation is a small human gesture. It is imperfect, clumsy, and timid, but it is undoubtably a human gesture. Reconciliation is a journey on which we embark alone, hoping that someone will follow us on the way back. A journey on...
Publication A Lockdown for Independent Media? Effects of the COVID–19 pandemic on the media landscape and press freedom in Central and Southeast Europe Correspondents in nine countries – Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia – have analysed how the pandemic has affected to their work environment. Lockdowns have caused...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics Nature or Politics: Disaster Response in SEE Natural disasters, it turns out, are anything but. Instead, “acts of God” are in practice exacerbated by human practices and norms. Politics and governance patterns and norms, too often, determine the full contours and costs of otherwise...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Social Dimension of EU Enlargement Social Protection in the Western Balkans: Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis In the Western Balkans, the COVID-19 pandemic has been met by already weak social protection systems. The broader social impacts are likely to be both severe and long-lasting. Some positive lessons can be drawn from the initial social...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Democracy and the State of Emergency: New Upsurge of the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia This is the fourth and last edition in a series of reports which sets out to analyse the effects of the Corona crisis management on institutions, political and civil rights, parties, civil society, as well as external factors. Elections...
