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Kosovo between USA and EU

12:11 20.05.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Kosovo between USA and EU

The issue of Kosovo is yet again becoming one of the hottest on the international agenda. While the US administration is set on the early (before the presidential elections in November) signing of an agreement on normalizing relations through territorial exchanges, the European Union leadership, under pressure from Germany, is …

US trying to isolate WHO

11:45 27.04.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

US trying to isolate WHO

The US refusal to keep allocating funds for the World Health Organization (WHO) has become yet another step towards further confrontation between President Donald Trump and international organizations. However, the geopolitical importance of such a move goes beyond health-related issues and fits well into the current format of the US-China …

Serbia and EU: no more illusions

13:47 21.04.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Serbia and EU: no more illusions

The current coronavirus pandemic in Europe threatens to damage the image of the EU in the eyes of residents of both EU member countries and countries seeking the EU membership. Given this, a good example has been demonstrated by the Serbian leadership, which initially pronounced integration with the EU as …

China arrives in the Balkans, EU worried…

17:05 11.03.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

China arrives in the Balkans, EU worried…

The Balkans as a whole and Serbia in particular are quickly turning into a scene of confrontation between key global players, with China being especially active in recent years. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has said in an interview with The Foreign Policy magazine that his country's cooperation with Beijing has …

Republika Srpska preparing BREXIT

11:30 25.02.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Republika Srpska preparing BREXIT

The precedence of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union naturally allows other European organizations and individual countries to contemplate the previously inconceivable exit option. While at the EU level there are no indications of any other member states planning to follow in London’s footsteps any time soon, in the …

Britain after Brexit - between US and EU

15:50 06.02.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Britain after Brexit - between US and EU

On January 31, the United Kingdom left the European Union, after three years of exhausting negotiations in which the terms of the "divorce" were postponed several times. Now, Britain is setting sail free. A staunch supporter of the exit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims that breaking away from the EU …

US is militarizing Europe

12:35 31.01.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

US is militarizing Europe

While pushing its NATO allies in Europe to increase their spending on joint defense, the United States is simultaneously moving its own troops to Europe. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, there are a record number of US troops, not seen there since the start of this century, currently …

Getting stronger or plunging into chaos - will European Parliament make a genuine political force within the EU?

11:02 11.11.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Getting stronger or plunging into chaos - will European Parliament make a genuine political force within the EU?

The approval of the make-up of the European Commission is stalling - quite unexpectedly for most politicians and experts in Europe. In October, members of the European Parliament (EP) rejected three candidates for the Commission who had been put forward by its new Chairperson, Ursula von der Leyen. Approval was …

Who will lead the EU? (Distribution of political forces in Europe)

11:10 28.10.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Who will lead the EU? (Distribution of political forces in Europe)

According to European media reports, many EU residents continue to perceive the governing bodies of the 28-member bloc, including of the European Commission (EC), as being unable to "leave behind the image of a detached bureaucratic system." This negative perception was further boosted by the recent elections, which left the …

The return of a “political wunderkind”: results of parliamentary elections in Austria

11:45 18.10.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

The return of a “political wunderkind”: results of parliamentary elections in Austria

At the end of September, the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), led by the former Chancellor – the 33-year-old "political prodigy" Sebastian Kurz - once again came out on top in snap parliamentary elections. According to a preliminary count, to be finalized on October 16, the ÖVP secured 37.5 percent of …

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