Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Democracy and the State of Emergency Political Battles Emerging out of the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia Report Two This is the second 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. While the governments have...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics Special Edition The COVID-19 Pandemic in Southeast Europe: Experiences on the Ground The global COVID-19 pandemic will long be remembered as an inflection point in personal life as well as in global politics and history. While the full scope and depth of the crisis – in terms of public health but also economics and...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values People on move deprived of human rights: Refugees and migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina without human rights A new, temporary refugee and migrant accommodation center, with the capacity to accommodate up to 3,000 people, will open in mid-April in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The center will be in the village of Lipa, 22 kilometers south-east of...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Energy geopolitics in the Balkans: Geopolitics and European integration of the Western Balkans The Western Balkans remain poorly connected in terms of infrastructure, with an atomized energy market, burdened with political instability, which negatively affects the region's energy security. External actors, most notably Russia and...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Foreign policies in Western Balkans: Allignment with the EU common foreign and security policy When it comes to EU CFSP compliance, the percentage of Western Balkan countries' compliance with the High Representative's declarations and EU Council decisions varies, and comparative analysis shows that the level of compliance does not...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Recovery Lost: The Greek economy is forced to fight its way back after Covid-19 Greece has dealt competently with the public health risk posed by Covid-19 but faces a possibly even bigger challenge in mitigating the economic impact of the crisis. Greece had started to heal some of the wounds from its previous...
News Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Democracy and the State of Emergency - Responses to the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia Leaders are invoking executive powers and are seizing a great deal of authority with scant resistance. We are witnessing a curtailing of civil and political rights on a massive scale, which is unprecedented in peacetime. While there was...
Publication Values at stake: Southeast Europe: A Normative Marketplace? The primary aim of this publication is to briefly discuss the current »normative marketplace« in the region. We want to draw contours of the current state of this marketplace and of those powers and actors that are challenging and...
