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Thirty years ago, on December 14 1995, the presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ...

This article is reserved for War on the Rocks members. Join our community to unlock exclusive insights and analysis. In 2022, Dimitar Bechev wrote “War Won’t be Coming Back to the Balkans” for War on ...

When Bruce Strong first arrived in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was struck by how much life had moved forward since the haunting images of war that once defined the region. The ...

Fuel smuggling in the Balkans never went away, but now it risks growing on the back of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Photo: Motointermedia from Pixabay. Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western sanctions ...

The Balkans are a region where geography becomes destiny — fortress cities carved into cliffs, river valleys split between rival ethnic groups, and ancient lakes where civilizations have collided for ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia may be planning to ignite a war in the Balkans to distract from its ongoing fight with Ukraine. “Pay attention to the Balkans. Believe me, we are ...

“I was in an online meeting today that the EU organised from Brussels on consultations on the IPA 2024 Multi-Country Programming Consultation with Civil Society in the Western Balkans and thankfully I ...

Some 30 years after the Balkan wars, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina still grapple with the legacy of wartime leaders. Bosnian law forbids the "glorification" of war criminals, but is rarely enforced, ...

Great power tension between the U.S. and China is rising in the Balkans, according to a new analysis asserting that Beijing increasingly views the region as a strategic doorway for exerting ...