Kosovo

October 3, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israeli operations in Lebanon should draw on lessons from the past

Israel has invaded Lebanon three times before, twice expecting a quick fight and instead getting pulled into a longer conflict. What will happen this time?

July 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Power vacuum: Can an ‘interim’ force work for Gaza?

If the Palestinian Authority can’t even control the West Bank, how will its troops fare in Gaza?

March 25, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Serbia and Russia want to refight Kosovo, this time with disinformation

Excerpt Yesterday, marked the 25th anniversary of NATO’s intervention against Serbia in 1999 to halt the human rights abuses perpetrated against the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo. Today,...

March 18, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Putin Wants War in the Balkans

Russia is exploiting ethnic tensions as Serbia threatens violence against Kosovo and secessionists threaten a Bosnian collapse.

February 29, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Putin proving his ambitions don’t stop at Ukraine

The day before Vladimir Putin’s long yearly address to parliament Thursday, politicians from Transnistria, a pro-Kremlin breakaway region of Moldova, asked the Russian president to “protect”...

December 14, 2023 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Putin is already proving he won’t stop at Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks out the Kremlin windows upon a nation whose economy, buckling under Western sanctions, is sputtering as badly as his tanks are across the battlefields of Ukraine. ...

November 7, 2023 | David R. Shedd, Ivana Stradner

Russia’s Second Front in Europe

The West Must Stop Putin From Provoking Conflict in the Balkans

October 16, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Putin’s cynical offer to mediate in the Middle East is a farce

Following the largest Middle East escalation in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to mediate the Israel-Hamas conflict. “What matters now is to stop the bloodshed,” he said. “Russia...

September 30, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Putin is opening up a new front against the West

The Balkans are set to explode unless urgent action is taken by NATO to quell Russian and Serbian aggression in Kosovo

August 28, 2023 | |

Papua New Guinea to Open Jerusalem Embassy 

Latest Developments  Papua New Guinea’s prime minister will visit Israel next week to open an embassy in Jerusalem, a spokesperson for his office said on August 28. The inauguration, tentatively...

August 26, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Athens Declaration Unites Southern Europe Behind Ukraine

President Zelensky's trip to Athens this week proved to be pivotal in advancing Ukraine's longtime objectives of moving towards EU membership.

August 23, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Is Russia Now Weaponizing Music?

Russia has resorted to a wide range of tactics to keep nations within its orbit. Now it’s taken to using music to win over foreign public support.

August 22, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Zelensky Calls Meeting with Serbian President ‘Fruitful’

Tensions between Ukraine and Serbia have been high, with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic saying on Aug. 10 that 'If Ukraine recognizes Kosovo’s independence, it will lose everything in one day.'

July 25, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Elaine K. Dezenski

The Russia-Serbia Nexus – EU Has to Step Up and Do its Part

“The West must do a better job of imposing costs on destructive Balkan actors. But to do so effectively, the West must act as one.”

June 26, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Time to Stop Disruptive Russian-Serbian Machinations in the Balkans

While most of the West focuses on the war in Ukraine, Moscow and Belgrade are fueling the fires over Kosovo on eve of sensitive historic anniversary.

June 14, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Why is Biden appeasing a Putin pawn as NATO forces are attacked?

As Russian President Vladimir Putin performs poorly in Ukraine, he will employ every possible tactic to distract the West. This time, Russia, with Serbia’s help, is provoking chaos in Europe’s...

June 8, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

What to Expect From Erdogan’s Third Term

Erdogan has two priorities: to chart a more assertive presence for Turkey and to leverage Ankara’s position inside Western institutions to make that happen.

June 4, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

How Putin is Using Chaos in the Balkans to Distract the West

‘Russia sees the region as Europe’s soft underbelly and Moscow has used information operations to inflame ethnic tensions, encourage protests and make arms deals.’

April 9, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Natia Seskuria

Putin’s hybrid warfare diverts Western attention and resources from Ukraine

If America wants to end the Ukraine war, the first step is to see the conflict through the Kremlin’s eyes. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s tanks and jets might not be powerful, but his hybrid-warfare...

March 22, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

The ‘Yugoslavia Scenario’: How Russia Intends to Use an Anniversary in Its Ongoing Information War

The Kremlin has used NATO’s 1999 intervention to justify Russia’s continual assaults on Ukraine, and won’t miss the upcoming opportunity to exploit this further.