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Sep 27, 2018

Farkas Quoted in The Telegraph on Russia Interference in Macedonia Referendum

By Evelyn Farkas

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The Balkans

In the News

Sep 25, 2018

Carpenter in Foreign Policy: It’s Time for Macedonia to Accept Compromise

By Michael Carpenter

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The Balkans

In the News

Sep 23, 2018

Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Cyprus Should Heed the Trends in Renewable Energy

By Charles Ellinas

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Southern & Southeastern Europe

Article

Sep 23, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Sputnik Misleading in Macedonia

By Kanishk Karan

Macedonia’s information environment is becoming clouded with distorted and polarizing narratives by some Russian media outlets, especially from Sputnik .

Disinformation Elections

Article

Sep 22, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Trumped Up and Down in Macedonia

By Vladimir Petreski

Ahead of Macedonia’s naming referendum on September 30, the boycott proponents attempted to disparage similar nationalist sentiment in the United States.

Disinformation Elections

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2018

President Bush backs Macedonia in NATO, urges participation in historic referendum

By Damon Wilson

This may be a now-or-never moment for Macedonia. Its failure to gain accession to NATO in 2008 ushered in a decade of stagnation and political crisis, which the country is poised to overcome.

NATO The Balkans

Article

Sep 18, 2018

A Letter to the Citizens of Macedonia from President George W. Bush

By President George W. Bush

English | Macedonian | Albanian September 17, 2018 To the Citizens of Macedonia: From the day of your nation’s independence, the United States of America has been your steadfast friend. The American people have admired your peaceful emergence from the ashes of Yugoslavia. We have respected your courage in upholding democratic values and free institutions. And […]

The Balkans

New Atlanticist

Sep 17, 2018

Macedonia’s high-stakes referendum

By Evelyn Farkas

A failed referendum will be a loss for stability, exacerbating and creating new tension in light of the ethnic Albanian position on NATO.  A no vote would be a defeat for democracy—it is after all democracy NATO collective security aims to defend.

Elections The Balkans

In the News

Sep 17, 2018

Farkas Quoted in Tampa Bay Times on Macedonia

By Evelyn Farkas

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The Balkans

Report

Sep 17, 2018

Three pipelines and three seas: BRUA, TAP, the IAP and gasification in Southeast Europe

By John M. Roberts

These projects, the BRUA pipeline, the Trans Adriatic pipeline, the Ionian Adriatic Pipeline, the Krk Island FSRU project, and gasification efforts in Southeast Europe, and broader support and financing for such projects is crucial, but there are also challenges in terms of which projects receive priority and how they might complement or compete with one another.

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

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