Dispatches
Jan 23, 2026
2026 will be a big year in the Western Balkans. Here’s what to watch.
By
Amanda Thorpe, Stuart Jones
In the coming year, Western Balkan countries will increasingly need to assume greater agency in shaping their own trajectories.
The Big Story
Dec 11, 2025
Bosnia’s forgotten war is still with us
By
Thom Shanker
Fewer than fifty years after the end of World War II, genocide returned to Europe in Bosnia. The carnage ended on December 14, 1995, with the signing of the US-brokered Dayton Accords. Thirty years on, have the war’s lessons—for Europe; for diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, and more—been heeded?
New Atlanticist
Nov 26, 2025
What prolonged Russian aggression against Europe could mean for the Balkans
By
Agon Maliqi
The prospect of a prolonged, wider European war in the coming years is reshaping strategic calculations throughout the Balkans.
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