Join us for a book panel to mark the publication of Dimitar Bechev's monograph Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe (Yale University Press). Participants: Graeme Robertson (Professor, Political Science, UNC), Robert Jenkins (Teaching Associate Professor, Political Science, UNC), and Dimitar Bechev (CSEEES … Read more
Although the Western Balkans are making progress to membership in the EU, politics in the region diverge from the script laid out in Brussels. International watchdogs and local civil society raise concern about democratic backsliding. The rule of law is … Read more
Join us for a book panel discussion to mark the publication of Jasmin Mujanović's monograph Hunger and Fury: The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans (Hurst Publishers). Participants: Kiran Auerbach (Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, UNC), Dimitar Bechev (CSEEES Fellow), Besir Ceka (Assistant Professor, Davidson … Read more
Societies across Southeast Europe are locked in symbolic wars over the past. Politicians, intellectuals, and opinion makers tap into the past to construct hierarchies, delineate identities, and chart a vision of the future. The Yugoslav wars in the 1990s, the … Read more
Since the early 1990s, Turkey has been intimately involved in the politics of the Balkans. From Bosnia to Bulgaria and from Greece to Montenegro, it has seen its economic footprint as well as ties to local Muslim communities grow. Turkey … Read more
Please join us for a roundtable that will explore how the Western Balkans and especially North Macedonia fit in with broader trends of political change in post-communist Europe. Recent political changes in Macedonia give hope: the highly corrupt, authoritarian regime of … Read more
