Platform for Peace and Humanity

The Peace and Security Monitor: South East Europe and Black Sea region

Issue 16: May 2025

 

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  • Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Cautious Step Towards Peace

  • Humanitarian and Political Consequences of the Moldovan Energy Crisis

  • Peace Process in Ukraine and Ongoing Talks

  • The Present Status of Armenian Prisoners of War in Azerbaijan Amidst Normalisation

Issue 15: February 2025

 

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  • Tracking International Support and Opposition to the EU Integration of the Republic of Moldova

  • The Future of Official Development Assistance in the Caucasus

  • Armenia’s Pivot: EU Aspirations, Russian Rift, and Regional Uncertainty

Issue 14: November 2024

 

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  • Border Management and EU Membership: The Western Balkans as the EU’s Buffer Zone

  • Protecting Bosnia’s Social Cohesion in 2025

  • Georgian Dream’s 2024 Election: Fraud, Foreign Pressure, and the Future of Democracy in Georgia

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dayton Peace Agreement, Ethnic Divisions and a Failing Democracy

  • The Moldovan Elections and Referendum: A Contrasted Future for the Country

Issue 13: August 2024

 

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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: On Path to NATO Membership or Stagnated by Political Resistance?

  • The War in Gaza and the Risk of a New Wave of Islamist Radicalization in Serbia

  • Croatia’s (Im)migration Crisis in the Schengen Era

  • Women, Peace and Security in the Western Balkans

  • Viktor Orbán’s Peace Mission: Political Strategy or Substantive Peace?

Issue 12: May 2024

 

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  • Will the United Nations Vote on Srebrenica Deepen Geopolitical Divides in the Balkans?

  • Republika Srpska and Serbia’s Campaign Against the UN Resolution Commemorating the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide

  • Artificial Diplomacy in a Race with Human Diplomacy for Geopolitical Influence in the Balkans

  • Unravelling Russian Peacekeeping in Nagorno-Karabakh: Redefining Caucasus Geopolitics

  • Balkan Migration Routes: Predictions for Summer 2024

 

Issue 11: February 2024

 

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  • Republika Srpska: An Overview of Recent Developments in Light of Democratic Backslide
  • The Trial of Milorad Dodik: A Test of Political Power in Republika Srpska
  • The Russia-Ukraine War and Security in the Black Sea: Past, Present, and Future
  • Navigating Between East and West: Armenia Ratified Rome Statute Despite Russian Objections
  • Election Chaos in Serbia
  • Navalny’s Death and its Implications
 

Issue 10: November 2023

 

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  • Western Balkan-EU Relations: Changing Together!? Narratives from the Berlin Process Summit
  • Recent Developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
  • Bulgaria-Türkiye Relations
  • Tracking Actors in the North Kosovo Crisis
  • The State of Black Sea Security
  • PACE Spring Session
  • September Attack in Northern Kosovo and the Rules on the Use of
    Force: An Analysis from a Jus ad Bellum Perspective
 

Issue 9: August 2023

 

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  • Exploring Emotional Resonance: Analyzing Emotional Coloring in Media Coverage of the Kosovo-Serbia Conflict
  • An Example of Growing Chinese Impact on a NATO Nation: Chinese-Albanian Relations
  • Rethinking Moldova’s Strategic Security: Towards a Qualified Military-Political Neutrality (Part Two)
  • Foreign Influence and Disinformation in Moldova
  • Serbia’s Coming Elections? What’s at Risk in its Geopolitical Balance
  • How the Path to a Denuclearized World Can Start in South East Europe
 

Issue 8: May 2023

 

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  • Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition: Assessing the LGBTQI+ Situation in Serbia and Republika Srpska
  • Open Balkan Initiative: A Serbian-Led Project or a Platform for Multilateral Cooperation?
  • Reporting from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Spring Session
  • Presidential Elections in Montenegro and the Question of National Identity
  • Arresting Putin: Easier Said Than Done
  • Cross-Country Survey on Civil Society Support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in South Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region
 

Issue 7: February 2023

 

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  • Rethinking Moldova’s Strategic Security: Towards a Qualified Military-Political
    Neutrality
  • Latest Developments on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the EU’s Rising
    Potential in the Peace Process
  • Reporting from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Winter
    Session: Black Sea Concerns
  • Violence in the Name of EU Border Control
  • Serbian Ecology Discourse and Lithium Mining Controversy
  • Croatia’s Kin State Policies in Western Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Family Game Night: The Western Balkans and the European Union
  • The Security Triptych of Bosnia-Hercegovina
 

Issue 6: November 2022

 

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  • Croatia’s Schengen Accession: a Victory of European Expansionism
    or a Defeat of its Principles?
  • Latest from Nagorno-Karabakh: Shifting Geopolitical Power Dynamics
  • Conviction for War Crimes in Štrpci Train Massacre
  • Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in the Western Balkans: Q3 2022
 

Issue 5: August 2022

 

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  • Day of Republika Srpska and Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria – North Macedonia Deal: Between the Promise of the European Future and the Potential Weaponization of EU Membership
  • LGBTI+ Rights and the Future of Democracy in South East Europe
  • Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russian Peacekeepers: Legal Options following the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
  • Violence against Women in Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sanctions against Russia: South East Europe and Black Sea Region Responses
 

Issue 4: June 2022

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  • Russia’s War in Ukraine: What’s Next for Transnistria?
  • Russia-Ukraine War and Future Foreign Investment Disputes
  • Perspectives on the War in Ukraine from the South Caucasus: Situation Report
  • Kosovo Specialist Chambers: Stakeholder Analysis (2/3)
  • Out of sight – Out of Mind? Shifting Migratory Routes and Border Violence along the “Balkan Route”
  • Turkey’s Role in the Western Balkans and the Quest for Political Leverage: The Case of Albania
  • The Unrecognized State Owned by a Corporation: Transnistria and the Dominance of Sheriff Enterprises

 

 

Issue 3: April 2022

 

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  • Memory and Monuments in South East Europe and the Black Sea Region
  • Kosovo Specialist Chambers: Stakeholder Analysis (1/3)
  • Update on the ICC’s Investigation on the Situation in Georgia: Prosecution Applies for Arrest Warrants
  • The Road to Gender Equality in Serbia
  • Deconstructing Russian Propaganda and Disinformation in Romanian Digital Media
 

Issue 2: February 2022

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  • WPS Agenda: A Perspective from Women Activists in the Former Yugoslavia
  • Assessing the Impact of China’s Geoeconomic Presence in Serbia: Environmental, Social and Governance Implications
  • Open Balkan Initiative: Can Economic Integration in the Western Balkans be Achieved?
  • China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the West Balkans: Necessary Funding or Avenue for Corruption?
  • The Continuing Decline of Media Freedom in Serbia
  • Victim’s Anonymity and Other Challenges at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers
  • Romania’s Response to the Invasion in Ukraine: A Nervous Bystander
  • Turkish-made Drones in Ukraine: Both a Game-changer and an Excuse for Escalation
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina from a Human Security Perspective

Issue 1: December 2021

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  • The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in South East Europe?
  • Why is Constructed Calm Alluded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
  • Montenegro Rejects Corruption in Search of Peace and Prosperity
  • Kosovo and Human Rights Violations in 2021
  • Albania’s Slow Ride Towards EU Accession: An Issue of Unanimity
  • Russia v Georgia at the ECTHR: One Year on
  • Foreign Intervention and the Possibility that Bosnia and Herzegovina may Return to Violence
  • Peace Agreements in Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Kosovo: Challenges to Stability and Reconciliation