Arctic Geopolitics and Autonomy
Competition between US and Russia in Arctic’s may lead to another war in Northern Pole. Russia is setting a permanent base. US is building a new ice breakers. A great game also in this part of world.(CSSD)Continue Reading
Putin’s new theater
By Selim Ibraimi- Center for Security Studies and Development- Macedonia (CSSDM) Intro Tension and fear in Europe about Russia and Putin’s policies. Another concerns for EU and US is the Moscow’s intentions in Balkans. As if Europe didn’t have enough problems and crises, Serbs in the Republic of Srpska areContinue Reading
Warning sings in the Balkans.National security at stake!
Analysis by Blerim Abedini, Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia (CSSD) Part II The political stability in the region is a work in progress and may affect the region’s ability to respond to climate changes. The floodwaters have also washed away the signs that warn of fields of landmines plantedContinue Reading
Macedonia: Fog of Geopolitics
Selim Ibraimi- Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia(CSSD) Reflections on Geopolitics: The Balkans and Europe after the Crimean annexation and Russian intervention in Syria. Formation of the regional divisions in Balkans. 1.Due to the crisis in Crimea and Russian expansion in Europe, all Western Balkan States(WBS) may postpone reforms, EUContinue Reading
Why Does Putin Care Who Runs a Tiny Balkan Nation?
Ladka Bauerova-Russian leaders, whose conflict with Ukraine has seen them tussling with eastern Europe’s largest country, are now turning their gaze to a Balkan nation with fewer residents than Brooklyn. There’s a common theme, though: gas pipelines. Macedonia, a statelet of 2 million people carved from the ruins of Yugoslavia,Continue Reading
Macedonian pipeline could be part of larger project
Rem Korteweg -On March 12, Russia’s Stroytransgaz Group (SG) announced that it would be constructing a gas pipeline in the Republic of Macedonia. The company says the pipeline “will become part of a new gas pipeline system.” The pipeline could bring Russian gas to Southeastern and Central Europe, potentially strengthening Moscow’sContinue Reading
How East-West Competition Turned Balkan Energy into a Geopolitical Chess
Ariel Cohen-Europe’s dependency on Russian gas, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, has become a major strategic liability for the West. This is especially true as the war in Eastern Ukraine has brought relations between Moscow and Brussels as well as many of the European capitals to new lows. RussiaContinue Reading