International Crisis Group
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Balkans

Crisis Group's work in the Balkans presently spans Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia. A team of policy analysts are stationed in the region, with the overall Program Director based at Crisis Group's headquarters in Brussels. Since beginning work in Bosnia in February 1996, Crisis Group has built up a sound track record in the Balkans, being seen as an independent voice and source of influential new policy ideas.

The Balkans remains an area of critical strategic interest to Western governments and a potential flash point for further conflicts. The region's problems are complex, deeply rooted and unlikely to be resolved without sustained attention and involvement on the part of the international community. For these reasons, Crisis Group will maintain a presence in the Balkans for the foreseeable future.

Within the region, Crisis Group will continue to focus on the evolution of events in the individual entities, assessing their significance, inter-relationship and wider impact, but will also explore a number of thematic issues related to the structure and future stability of the whole region.

Currently, our priorities in the region are as follows:

Kosovo: Kosovo’s development as a newly-independent state and relations with Belgrade; the international presence in Kosovo, particularly the EU rule of law EULEX mission; shifts in the ethnic Albanian political scene; the security situation; and reconstruction.

Serbia: The challenges facing the Serbian authorities; the development of independent media and civil society; institutional and economic reform and tackling corruption; progress and obstacles to EU accession.

Bosnia: The future of the international presence in Bosnia and the Dayton framework, including constitutional reform.

Macedonia: overcoming obstacles to EU and NATO accession, including the name dispute with Greece.

Many of our reports on the region have been translated into Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, you can these here.

Our most recent reports and briefings are listed below.  Articles, op. eds, speeches and media releases can be found under the media section.

 


Recent reports & briefings


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