| 14.03.2008 New Analysis on Serbia |
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Serbia is going through an immensely challenging period and the coming months might well decide the path the Serbs will chose for decades to come. Dr. Minchev looks into the political situation in Serbia through the lenses of similar European experience to point to the pitfalls on the path of transforming Serbia since the fall of Milosevic. Dr. Minchev also advocates for appropriate EU policy actions to adequately and fairly treat Serbia to ultimately join the ranks of EU members. You can download the article ‛Reconfiguring the Serb Political Situation after the Independence of Kosovo“ here.
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| 14.03.2008 Macedonia's Stability and NATO |
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Macedonia has been expecting membership invitation to NATO at the upcoming Bucharest Summit in April 2008. The enlargement of NATO towards the three Southeast European candidates of Albania, Croatia and Macedonia has been viewed as immense stabilizing factor, especially for the vulnerable Republic of Macedonia. Today however, the chances for invitation appear very slim because of Athen’s veto on Macedonia’s name.
Dr. Ognyan Minchev takes this case as a point of departure to explain the larger framework of underlying regional and local factors, which inject instability in this context. In the article Dr. Minchev also offers approaches to remedy the situation and prevent the collapse of this still fragile Balkan state. You can download the arcticle ‛Shall We Invite Macedonia Into NATO? Approaches to the Future Strategic Balance of the Balkans‛ here.
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| 10.03.2008 EU, Kosovo and Serbia |
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Dr. Ognyan Minchev talked to the respected daily newspaper Dnevnik on hot issues of the day - the stopping of EU funds to Bulgaria, developments in Kosovo and Serbia, the future foreign policy of Russia, offering assessments and his recommendations on the issues in focus. You can read the interview in Dnevnik (in Bulgarian ) here.
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| 01.03. 2008 Debate on the EU |
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On February 29, 2008, Marin Lessenski took part in the debate "European Social Model vs. Fast Economic Growth". The debate was part of OSI-Sofia project on "Re-discovering and Contributing to Solidarity in United Europe".
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