As of November 2016, the book:” The Cold Peace”:10 years of geopolitical reconfiguration in the Balkans”-by the author and journalist Selim Ibraimi, it can be found also at Library of Congress of the United States, Southeast Europe Section / Germanic and Slavic Division Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate.You may also readContinue Reading

Editor’s choice- Book:Critical Security Studies  Realist assumptions of security studies increasingly have been challenged by an approach that places the human being, rather than the state, at the center of security concerns.CSS, brings together a diverse new group of analysts seeking to explore issues of international relations and contribute to theContinue Reading

Nga Selim Ibraimi- (Instituti i Studimeve të Sigurisë dhe Zhvillimit-Maqedoni (ISSD) Drejtoria Inteligjente Kombëtare e Amerikës theksoi në vitin 2012 se pas dy dekadave, bota nuk do të jetë më unipolare, por do të karakterizohet nga rritja e fuqive të shteteve tjera, por megjithatë Amerika, do të mbajë statusin eContinue Reading

Blerim Abedini, Center for Security Studies and Development- Macedonia (CSSD) The life under pressure has forced the Balkan population throughout history, to undergo reforms ordered by empires and other geopolitical factors. However, Balkans is not only possesses tangent of the EU, but it depends on added, other cross continental powers.Continue Reading

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By Selim Ibraimi-(CSSD) Human Intelligence as an important factor on global competition for gathering intelligence. Information technology and non-state actors now have changed the approaches of tools of tradecraft on intelligence. Theft of top secret information from NSA determines a different angle how we looked and how intelligence community shouldContinue Reading

From the debate on CVE, Skopje, Macedonia.What is next for the region? Foreign fighters,education and integration.Experts,journalists and representatives of religious community have discussed all causes and options how to prevent violent extremism in the Balkans.Themes: Dynamics,approaches,empowering local partners,the role of media to prevent violence,inter- culture,inter-faith, inter-dialogues, global and regional challenges,Continue Reading

By Blerim Abedini, the Center for Security Studies and Development- Macedonia (CSSD) Uneven regional development is correlated with poor coordination of political decisions brought in the regional meetings. Cohesion of decision-making that we see in the leaderships of the Balkan countries, is influenced also by uncertain pressures made by internationalContinue Reading

By Selim Ibraimi- The Balkans remain the area of instability. Even though the security and stabilization has been improved since the 1999, the region fails back on current trends. Migration of Syrian refugees dramatically has change the Western Balkans and had direct impact on the feature of the region. Russia’s offensiveContinue Reading