• How Many Strategic Partners Can Serbia Have
    British Ambassador Edward Ferguson’s proposal that London and Belgrade open a strategic dialogue comes at a time when Serbia must decide how it intends to work with Western countries during the new government’s term in office. In an interview with … Read more
  • Giorgia Meloni Has Wrong-Footed the Kremlin
    On Nov. 5, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked European Council President António Costa a question the European Union has left unanswered for far too long. Who has the authority to speak for the EU in negotiations to end Russia’s … Read more
  • Vučić’s Defeat Is Not Yet a Victory for Serbia’s European Future
    Aleksandar Vučić has lost the election, and Ukraine now has good reason to take a close look at who has won. For Serbia’s citizens, worn down by 14 years of rule under the former president’s Serbian Progressive Party, the Student … Read more
  • Putin’s Protector in the White House
    “Russia would like to make a deal… but for whatever reason, Zelensky does not want to make a deal,” Donald Trump told reporters on Oct. 10, speaking about his latest conversation with Vladimir Putin. The Russian president, he went on, … Read more
  • Serbia Is Not a Russian Province, and Lavrov Has No Right to Decide Its Future
    On Sept. 3, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Sergey Lavrov said: “Out of inertia, countries continue; our Serbian friends and now our Armenian colleagues are seeking to join the EU.” He added that he was confident “this desire … Read more
  • The Death of Mladić Won’t End His War
    Ratko Mladić, commander of the Army of Republika Srpska during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died in The Hague as a convicted war criminal serving a life sentence for genocide in Srebrenica, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. … Read more
  • How Europe’s Political Center Lost Its Voters – Why Meloni, Le Pen, and the AfD Are No Longer on the Margins
    Twenty-four years ago, France went to the polls to stop Jean-Marie Le Pen from becoming President of the Republic. In the second round of the 2002 election, Jacques Chirac won 82.21 percent of the vote to Le Pen’s 17.79. Le … Read more
  • Zelensky in Belgrade: Vučić Refused to Let Serbia Foot Putin’s Bill
    Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Belgrade mattered precisely because, at this moment, it offered Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić nothing politically at home. Serbia is heading towards snap elections, society has long been deeply politically divided, and Russophilia and support for Vladimir … Read more
  • Ceuta Between a Migration Crisis and a Hybrid Attack: Giorgia Meloni’s Policy and Europe’s Security
    As the dead were being counted in Ceuta, as police and troops struggled to regain control of the city, and as residents watched tens of thousands of people cross the European Union’s border within hours, the European Democrats chose to … Read more
  • The Bill for Crimea Comes Due for Putin
    For more than a decade, Crimea was the central exhibit of Putin’s rule. In Russian domestic politics, it served as proof – proof that Moscow could once again change borders by force, ignore international law, withstand sanctions, and turn Western … Read more
  • Meloni’s Paradox: the Ally Ukraine Never Expected
    When Giorgia Meloni won Italy’s general election in 2022, there was little reason for optimism in Kyiv. European media warned that Italy might soon have a leader inclined to move closer to Viktor Orbán. Analysts pointed to her previous positions … Read more
  • Putin’s Potemkin Red Square
    No intelligence service, NATO report, or Western analysis has exposed the true state of Russia today as clearly as this year’s May 9 parade in Moscow. The Kremlin attempted to stage a demonstration of force but instead produced something grotesque. … Read more
  • THE PRICE OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA
    Their names were Ivan, Vladyslav, and Myroslava – two-year-old twins and their one-year-old sister. On the night of February 10, they slept in a house in Bohodukhiv, the town their parents chose after fleeing shelling in another town in Kharkiv … Read more
  • TRUMP’S TRADING OF UKRAINE
    President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that US-Russian economic talks are underway, addressing issues of Ukrainian territory and security. The Ukrainian intelligence service has learned of a package of economic agreements between the United States and Russia, worth as much as 12 … Read more
  • Europe between ambition and capability
    In an address to the European Parliament on January 26, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte presented an assessment of European security without the usual diplomatic softening. His presentation focused on the concrete capacities underpinning European security today and the conditions … Read more
  • Greenland as a breaking point—America against its own alliance
    When Donald Trump assumed office for the second time as President of the United States, the global order was already facing a crisis of confidence. After years of war in Ukraine and political upheaval within the European Union, Europe has … Read more
  • When “blockade” ends in the trenches
    Over the past year, a student rebellion has emerged in Serbia, welcomed by the public as something almost lifesaving – a sign that society is finally waking up. The catalyst was a tragedy that shook the country and raised questions … Read more
  • Putin’s threats to Europe: anatomy of a great deception
    For the European public, 2025 feels like déjà vu. As they watch battles near Kharkiv and in the Donetsk region, many wonder if Putin is preparing to “occupy” Berlin, Paris or Warsaw after Ukraine. Propaganda broadcasts on Russian state channels … Read more
  • The Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) as a lever of coercion: Russian “friendship” that ends with open threats to Serbia
    Within just a few days, Serbia received three messages from Moscow. They were not contradictory; on the contrary, they were perfectly coordinated. The director of the Russian foreign intelligence service, the president of the Russian Federation, and the Russian ambassador … Read more
  • THE WEST IS AFRAID OF QUESTIONS RUSSIA DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR
    The Kremlin does not follow the rules. It only respects pressure. The belief that patience, reaction, and defensive measures can “contain” Russia is one of the biggest misconceptions in European politics today. That illusion has persisted for decades and always … Read more