Much space, time and efforts have been devoted in the recent history of West Balkans, and in particular in the latest political upheavals, about the alleged project of a Greater Serbia especially by the Western authors either academic scholars or journalists.[1] The issue must be, however, considered together with its […]
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The Balkans And The Albanians (II)
Part I The Indo-European Illyrian population inhabited West Balkans and some regions to the north-west of the Balkan Peninsula.[1] They never developed the letter and thus did not enter history by their own means. Almost all we know about them came from the Greek and Roman testimonies – names of […]
Behind The Project Of A Greater Albania
When at the 1878 Berlin Congress Serbia and Montenegro had to become recognized as sovereign states, the Muslim Albanian representatives tried to initiate the same for their own national state or wider autonomy within the Ottoman Empire which they considered as their own national state. They founded the (First) Prizren […]
A Short History of Yugoslavia (IV)
Part I, Part II, Part III The declining of Yugoslavia (1967‒1981) In the last years of the Cold War (1949−1989), the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the SFRY) was the largest, most developed and ethnoculturally diverse country in the Balkan peninsula (South-East Europe). It was a non-aligned federation comprised […]
Macedonian Media: We Will Not Succumb To Western Blackmail!
We are exclusively publishing the full English original source of the new interview given by the American political analyst Andrew Korybko to Macedonian NetPress agency. He outlines general landscape of the Hybrid Warfare in the Balkans, exposes the regional ethnic and emotional stress-lines, stirred up by the interested supranational actors, […]
Hybrid Wars 5. Breaking the Balkans (III)
(Please read Part I and Part II before this article) Thus far in the research, it’s been established that an intense New Cold War competition is taking place in the Balkans between the unipolar and multipolar worlds, with the latter vehemently working to bring their transnational connective projects to the […]
Macedonian Media: ‘We are subject to assymetrical warfare’
We are publishing exclusive English source text of the analytical paper by Andrew Korybko, prepared for the Macedonian agency Infomax and released last week. He speaks about continued maneuvers of the Macedonian opposition backed by the US Embassy in Skopje to spur new protests throughout Macedonia. According to Mr.Korybko, the […]
“Greater Albania” Is A Myth To Preserve The Country’s Unity (II)
(Please read Part I prior to this article) The Power Of The Christian Community The State Of Religious Affairs: What’s usually left out of the conversation when discussing Albania is the strategic Christian minority inhabiting the northern and southern border regions, and the potential for them to sympathize more with […]
“Greater Albania” Is A Myth To Preserve The Country’s Unity (I)
Outside observers tend to think of Albania as a monolithic bloc, but just below the “Greater Albania” surface is a depth of societal division, periodically drained by the “unifying” valve of ethnic irredentism. The country is suffering from such a degree of corruption and mismanagement that thousands of its citizens […]
The illusion of Greater Albania as a mechanism of Balkanization in Macedonia (I)
“Balkanization, or Balkanisation, is a pejorative geopolitical term, originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with one another.” Julius Cesar would be proud of Western achievements in the Balkans laboratory. Since […]
New Strategic Calculus for the Balkans (II)
(Please refer to Part I in acquiring the necessary background information in understanding the Central Balkans concept). 3 Key Characteristics Of The Central Balkans Since the general idea and genesis behind the Central Balkans have been discussed, it’s now time to turn towards their three most important strategic characteristics: Lead […]
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