On Wednesday, June 24 at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center will host a conversation on the origins and geopolitical stakes of the ongoing protests in the Western Balkans.
Over the past several weeks, Albania has seen its largest protests in thirty-five years, triggered by a Jared Kushner–linked luxury resort development on protected wetlands in Zvërnec. Serbia’s student movement, meanwhile, has sustained months of pressure on the government in response to the Novi Sad tragedy in November 2024.
The Europe Center, as part of its Balkans Forward Initiative, will convene experts to discuss how these movements are reshaping the democratic landscape of the Western Balkans and raising questions beyond the region.
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Speakers
Agon Maliqi
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Europe Center,
Atlantic Council
Albana Shehaj, PhD
Political Scientist and Program Manager, Minda de Gunzburg
Center for European Studies,
Harvard University
Florian Bieber, PhD
Professor for Southeast European History and Politics,
Director, Centre for Southeast European Studies,
University of Graz
Moderated by
Amanda Thorpe
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Europe Center,
Atlantic Council
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