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Deal Between Kosovo, Serbia is a European Solution to a European Problem

Ashley vonClausburg — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:25:01 +0000

In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Turkey and the Balkans: New Policy in a Changing Regional Environment

Christine Chumbler — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:21:50 +0000

This policy brief examines Turkey's role in the Balkans region.

Sonja Licht: Security Challenges in Balkans are more Economic than Ever Before

Sarah Halls — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:59:21 +0000

In this video, Sonja Licht, founder and president of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (Serbia), discusses the security issues in the Balkans, civil society and investing in education.

The Demise of the Concept of the Western Balkans? Departures in Democratization and European Integration in Europe’s Southeast

wpengine — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:58:38 +0000

On Friday, March 16, 2012, the Balkan Trust for Democracy hosted a presentation in Belgrade by the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) on “The Demise of the Concept of the Western Balkans? Departures in Democratization and European Integration in Europe’s Southeast.”

Ivan Vejvoda Testifies on Balkans and the 2012 NATO Summit

wpengine — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:50:49 +0000

In testimony before the U.S. Helsinki Commission, GMF's Ivan Vejvoda highlighted the progress made in security and democratization in the Balkans and called for Macedonia and Montenegro membership at the Chicago NATO Summit.

We Need Positive Signals from the EU

GMF Editor — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:30:17 +0000

GMF vice-president for programs Ivan Vejvoda is interviewed in CORD on Serbia’s future in European, regional and Euro-Atlantic relations.

NPR: A Decade Later Milosevic’s Ghost Hangs Over Serbia

wpengine — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:14:06 +0000

Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy, discusses the Serbian economy's dependence on foreign direct investment.

Recapitulating Yugoslavia: Culture, Politics, and State-Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina

wpengine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:19:50 +0000

In many ways Bosnia and Herzegovina resembles a mini-Yugoslavia. "Ethnonationalism" dominates not just the country's constitution but also its governance and its culture. Because of this it cannot truly become a liberal democracy until its governance and its political institutions begin to function properly and in the interests of all its citizens. Because democracy is more than just a set of formal institutions, it is time that the international community paid greater attention to reforming both kinds of institutions — formal and informal — in Bosnia and Herzegovina as it continues to seek to create a true liberal democracy in that troubled country.

The Balkans 20 years after the fall of the Wall

wpengine — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:55:48 +0000

On September 25-26, a diverse group of high-level civic activists, policymakers, and regional experts gathered in Serbia to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Balkan Trust for Democracy

Serbian and international leaders mark fifth anniversary of democratic change

wpengine — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:27:29 +0000

Although Serbia has come a long way in five years, Belgrade conference points out the missed opportunities of the past and the roadmap for a democratic, European future.