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...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics: Deficient Welfare States in Southeast Europe Featuring voices from experts and policy-makers, this edition of Political Trends & Dynamics in Southeast Europe initially focused on analyzing the “Social Dimension of Enlargement Policy”. With the current global health emergency in...
Publication China's Soft Power in Southeast Europe China’s growing presence in Southeast Europe (SEE) has not remained unnoticed and is causing an intense debate on the nature of its influence. This paper aims to answer three key questions: What shape and form does Beijing’s soft power...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Social Dimension of EU Enlargement The social dimension of enlargement policy: Social rights as a priority of enlargement The Social Dimension of Enlargement Policy lays out the key findings from the study Enlargement Policy and Social Change in the Western Balkans , focusing on the interaction between EU institutions and WB governments in processes of...
