Analysis

Thewesternbalkans. According to Sasa Djordjevic - a senior analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, violent extremism in the region is not only powered by ethnic tensions but by complex financial networks – which authorities are doing little...

Thewesternbalkans. The EU-US trade “deal” that President Trump and President von der Leyen negotiated in Scotland has generated a great deal of interest and commentary. How does Russia react to the EU’s promise to abandon Russian gas and instead purchase...

Thewesternbalkans. China's strategy for settling on the European continent through the countries of the Western Balkans continues to be relevant and is being implemented at a corresponding timing. On the other hand, the six countries in the region are making...

Thewesternbalkans. According to the European Parliament information, on 9 of July 2025, with 461 votes in favour, 121 against and 107 abstentions, the European Parliament approved a Resolution on the 2023 and 2024 Commission Progress Reports on North Macedonia prepared...

Thewesternbalkans. To be or not to be? Will there be an EU-China summit or not? This is now a €1 million question among European China experts. Not only did Xi Jinping refuse to go to Brussels this year, as diplomatic reciprocity...

Thewesternbalkans. Vučić too early announced the end of the color revolution On June 30, Aleksandar Vučić announced the end of the “color revolution” in Serbia and said that street blockades will soon be a thing of the past. According to the...

Thewesternbalkans. EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos's interview with the Slovenian magazine Mladina, in which she stated that she "does not want Slovenia to have a Janez Janša government again", calls into question the fundamental principle of political neutrality enshrined in...

Thewesternbalkans. Former US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill said in an interview with Radio Free Europe that he does not expect the US to interfere in solving the problems in the Balkans, including the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia, as...

Thewesternbalkans. In November 2023, as part of the Enlargement package, the European Commission adopted a new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans. This mechanism ties funding (grants + loans from 2024–2027) to completion of country-specific "payment conditions"— milestone-driven reforms aligned...

Thewesternbalkans. This is an occasional free analysis from Thewesternbalkans. If you would like to have access to every Thewesternbalkans in-depth analysis please subscribe to the paid version of our site. On June 5, a phone call between Donald Trump and Xi...