Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE EPP TU Related Work Legislative Framework of the Electricity Sector in the Republic of North Macedonia and its International Standing The energy transition in North Macedonia must inevitably follow the path of the EU’s Clean Energy for all Europeans package.On this path, it is our responsibility to respect the techno-economic specificities of existing energy systems...
Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Publication Socio-ecological transformation in SEE EPP TU Related Work Political Trends & Dynamics: Women Leaders in Energy Transition Marking International Women's History Month, Political Trends and Dynamics newsletter brings to the fore the phenomenon of women as emerging leaders in the regional sustainable energy sector. While Southeast Europe largely remains...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Democracy and the State of Emergency: Functioning of Institutions in times of Crisis The current covid-19 pandemic, as ‘an hour of the executive’, offers an unprecedented opportunity to elected incumbents for a power grab and erosion of checks and balances. We have been witnessing a curtailing of civil and political...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Party Politics and the State of Emergency The Coronavirus crisis has laid bare both the strengths as well as the weaknesses of political systems, democratic institutions and the political parties throughout the region, mirroring the real state of democracy on the ground. The...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Foreign Policy Making in Southeast Europe in Times of the Pandemic A snapshot of relations among neighbours over the course of nine months shows that vulnerability caused by COVID-19 has not been exploited against neighbours. It also, however, has not engendered significant solidarity, except in cases...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values (Unheard) Calls for Democracy from Bellow: Social and Protest Movements and Potentials for Democratic Renewal Activism in Southeast Europe takes a unique path, that is not an imitation of the Western patterns of activism. Moreover, local contexts in a specific way encourage the expression of activism in the community, providing truly innovative...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Education and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe: Problems and Challenges In the long run, an education approach based more on how than about what to learn would help enable the students to critically approach their own in group wrong doings and historical delusions and build critical thinking about the past. ...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics: Challenges to the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans Our last issue in 2020 introduces this topic, in the context of the Western Balkans and the EU's attempts to encourage substantive reforms in the region's judicial and law enforcement communities. With contributions from Nedim Hogić and...