Progressive Peace Policy

Graffity peace dove — Creator: unsplash.com / Francis Farago

Peace and stability initiatives represent a decades-long cornerstone of the FES' work in southeastern Europe. Recent events have only reaffirmed the centrality of southeast European stability within the broader continental security paradigm. Both democratization and socio-economic justice are intrinsic aspects of a larger progressive peace policy in the region, but so too are consistent threat assessments and efforts to prevent conflict before it erupts. Preventive approaches, however, do not work without the cooperation of non-state actors. Confidence-building and ‘good neighborly relations’ for instance can only be achieved by including the population at large. By organizing exchange between civil society and decision-makers on equal grounds, Dialogue SOE aims to broaden the discourse on peace and stability in southeastern Europe and to counter the securitization of prevalent narratives from migration to radicalization.

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Social Democratic Politics and Values

Securing Europe Through Regional Cooperation: FES at the Sarajevo Security Conference

From September 4th to 6th, Sarajevo hosted the fourth annual Sarajevo Security Conference, themed “Securing Europe in a Divided World.”

Panel at the Sarajevo Security Conference 2026, L to R Ruxandra Ivan, Alexandar Dimitrov and Cristian Chiscop. — Creator: Sarajevo Security Conference

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Socio-ecological transformation in SEE

Critical Raw Materials: Negotiating the Politics Behind the Green Transition

At the 2026 Young Bled Strategic Forum, participants stepped into a negotiation simulation to find out what happens when the need for secure critical raw material supply chains collides with environmental protection and local...

Creator: Bled Strategic Forum / Bled Strategic Forum

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Social Democratic Politics and Values

Call for Authors: Policy Analysis on current U.S. Influence in the Western Balkans

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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...

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Publication Political Trends & Dynamics

Political Trends and Dynamics: Bilateral Disputes in Southeast Europe

The Western Balkans remain the site of numerous, protracted bilateral disputes. Most of these concern competing claims to territory, identity, the status of minorities and, in some cases, name disputes (Macedonia is the...

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Albania and Greece: Understanding and Explaining

Most of Albanian citizens asked in a national poll in 2013 about whether Greece would like to see Albania in the European Union answered no, an answer that might sound expected in the context of the difficult relationships but that...

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FES / IPG Journal

IPG Journal

IPG-Journal is an active debate platform addressing questions of international and European politics. It sets out to, beyond describing recent challenges, create impulses through critical interpretation and assessment.

The EU and the East in 2030

Four scenarios for relations between the EU, the Russian Federation, and their Common Neighbourhood in 2030.