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Arlind V. Bytyqi
Arlind V. Bytyqi There are a number of ways in which one can be less successful than the other. Starting from individual quests for power and influence on others, the ultimate aim (when it comes to state policies) is to show that you are able to speak up, make your strategies known, even when sometimes you lack the proper tools. Read More Add Comment (13)

It's either Uncle Sam or Russia in the Balkans

Arlind V. Bytyqi
Arlind V. Bytyqi Due to its geo-political and strategic location, the Balkans has been and is still viewed as the political and diplomatic playground of major states. In the majority of cases, this playground has attracted attention due to its internal instability and need for a foreign penetration to calm the spirits down. Read More Add Comment (13)

Making civil society meaningful in independent Kosovo

Henry H. Perritt
Henry H. Perritt, Jr. I am just back in Chicago after a week in independent Kosovo. While I was there, I talked to Prime Minister Thaçi, President Sejdiu, other senior political leaders and more than a dozen young professionals, most of whom are old friends. All are proud of independence. Read More Add Comment (3)

Territorial integrity

Blackbird

Blackbird writes from Mitrovica

It was probably my first wife who introduced me to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. We met during our first year of college. She was studying psychology, and Abraham Maslow’s theory of human motivation was the sort of the diagram that spoke to earnest young college students, with it’s gradually tapering path of individual evolution from the animalistic to the empathic.

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Noose tightening on Serbia

Ed Alexander
Ed Alexander The political noose is tightening on Serbia as regional neighbours begin to increasingly recognise the independence of Kosovo. Serbia’s hangmen, the United States and the European Union, prepared the rope but it now appears to be Serbia’s fellow Balkan states that are placing it over the country’s head. Read More Add Comment (10)