Interview – Katarina Kušić
Katarina Kušić discusses the concepts of intervention and liberal governmentality, her research on Serbia, ethnography and decolonial thought applied to Southeast Europe.
Review – Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention
Zollman’s book provides a well-supported analysis of the nature and significance of media, propaganda and intervention using six key events reported in three countries.
Interview – Kate Ferguson
Kate Ferguson talks to us about identity-based violence, the rise in mass-atrocities, the effectiveness of R2P, and the relationship between academia and policy-making.
Promoting Democracy in Serbia — The Limits of EU Conditionality
Despite the EU’s use of conditionality, Serbia remains far from constituting a consolidated democracy, and recent trends suggest it may be backsliding.
A Goal at a Time: Sports and Kosovo’s Statehood
Battling the everyday struggles of a lagging economy, it is the next goal or gold medal that Kosovo greatly relies on for the dissemination of its political voice.
Review – After Ethnic Conflict
An insightful account of persisting ethnic divisions in the power-sharing institutions and broader post-conflict political context of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia.
Peace and Reconciliation in the Balkans: Croatia vs. Serbia
Reconciliation is a slow process but when there is political will, changes can occur and victims can eventually get redress through justice, truth and memory.
Citizenship in the Post-Yugoslav States: States, Nations, Rights
In the post-Yugoslav laboratory, different aspects of the regulation of membership have been adapted to strengthen the rule of an ethnic community or political faction.
Review – Citizenship after Yugoslavia
The demise of Yugoslavia gave rise to the creation of new nation-states, whose emerging ‘citizenship regimes’ are analysed in this collection to ascertain their origins and shortcomings.
The Significance of Kosovo*
Four years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, a more comprehensive settlement that ties up all the loose ends between Belgrade and Pristina is needed.
