The Balkans

A Coming Storm? Shaping a Balkan Future in an Era of Uncertainty

Agenda 8:30 a.m.                    Registration Opens Light breakfast will be provided 9:00 – 9:30 a.m.          Welcoming Remarks and Scene Setter Welcome: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council (confirmed) Scene Setter: Damir Marusic, Executive Editor, The American Interest (confirmed) Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Programs and Strategy, Atlantic Council (confirmed) 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Keynote – […]

Speakers

Speakers Mr. Mark Boris Andrijanič Public Policy Associate, Central and Eastern Europe, Uber Mark Boris Andrijanič is a lawyer and an expert in public affairs from Slovenia. He is a member of Uber’s Public Policy team, responsible for Central and Eastern Europe where he leads Uber’s efforts to establish partnerships with governments and cities aimed […]

A Coming Storm? Shaping a Balkan Future in an Era of Uncertainty

Although the Western Balkan region has made significant progress in its efforts to integrate into the wider transatlantic community, inspired and guided by its commitment to eventual membership in the European Union (EU), NATO, and other global institutions, that progress is now at risk. The conference will seek to generate new ideas and policy-relevant proposals […]

2017 Balkans Forward Conference

Although the Western Balkan region has made significant progress in its efforts to integrate into the wider transatlantic community, inspired and guided by its commitment to eventual membership in the European Union (EU), NATO, and other global institutions, that progress is now at risk. The conference will seek to generate new ideas and policy-relevant proposals […]

NATO’s Double Standards: Why Montenegro but Not Ukraine?

By Taras Kuzio

On June 5, Montenegro will become the twenty-ninth member of NATO. This comes at a time when accession talks with the EU are also occurring; the EU has offered membership to Montenegro and other countries in the western Balkans. To any careful observer, it is obvious that the standards for Montenegro’s inclusion in the alliance […]