Balkans
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Ethnic Accommodation and Power-Sharing: 10 Years after the Ohrid Framework Agreement
The success of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 was possible because institutions of territorial self-governance were carefully designed to match the specific context of the situation in Macedonia, the international community, especially NATO and the EU, were ready to assist in the negotiation, implementation and operation of the agreement, and above all local leaders from both communities were, and are, willing and able to commit credibly to peaceful coexistence.
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Albanians in Montenegro: Waiting for Godot?
Co-authored with Cafo Boga and published as a supplement in the Albanian-American Illyria newspaper, this...
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A win-win solution for Kosovo is possible
What follows is an interview I gave Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty on 1...
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Does the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence Resolve Anything?
The Birmingham Brief published an edited version of my analysis of the ICJ’s advisory opinion...
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The Reactive Crisis Management of the EU in the Western Balkans
Co-authored with Annemarie Peen Rodt and published in International Intervention in Local Conflicts: Crisis Management...
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Does the ICJ's Opinion on Kosovo Resolve Anything?
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso reproduced my analysis of the ICJ’s advisory opinion on Kosovo’s declaration...
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The ICJ and Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence: Anything Resolved?
I always tell my students that, when sitting an exam, they have to answer the...
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The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence
The Nationalities Blog of the Association for the Study of Nationalities reproduced my two pieces...
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The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo
I always tell my students that, when sitting an exam, they have to answer the...
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Kosovo independence 'not illegal', say UN judges
UN judges have ruled that Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia did not violate international...
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Kosovo holds its breath as international court prepares to rule on independence
Peter Beaumont guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 July 2010 18.40 BST The long-awaited ruling on the legality of Kosovo’s...
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Ethnic Conflict Resolution as Institutional Design: The Case of the Western Balkans
This article, co-authored with Zoran Ilievski from the University of Skopje, Macedonia, develops a classification...
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What to Expect from the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo
More than two years ago, in February 2008, the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo...
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Complex Power Sharing
The democratic governance of divided societies can pose particular challenges. Yet, while diversity is the...
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The European Neighbourhood Policy in Perspective
In implementing the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) the European Union offers a deeper political and...
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UN General Assembly Vote on Kosovo
Another week in the spotlight for Kosovo as the United Nations General Assembly voted on...
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Arrest of Radovan Karadzic
After more than ten years on the run, suspected war criminal Radovan Karadzic was arrested...
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Minority Rights in the Western Balkans
This report, commissioned by the Subcommittee on Human Rights of Foreign Affairs Committee of the...
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The Reactive Crisis Management of the EU in the Western Balkans
Co-authored with Annemarie Peen Rodt and eventually to be published in International Intervention in Local...
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Peace by Design? Self-determination and Power Sharing in Divided Societies
Examining self-governing regimes in 11 cases in Africa, Asia and Europe, I evaluate the particular...
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Conflicts without Borders
Published in The National Interest, this short piece examines patterns of the spread of ethnic...
