Corruption impacts climate change initiatives
By Blerim Abedini- Center for Security Studies and Development- Macedonia (CSSD) Balkans are important geopolitical part of Europe where reforms over corruption are running slowly. According to analyzes for a year made by UNODC- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime about corruption in the Western Balkans every tenth companyContinue Reading
May Germany stabilizes Europe?
Geopolitical Monographs of the Center for Security Studies and Development- Macedonia (CSSD). Germany since the end of Cold War has ended the era of isolation. Now 25 years after the fall of Berlin Wall, the status of the Germany has change with conditions of becoming a Great Power in EuropeanContinue Reading
James Clapper on Worldwide Threats Assessment
Reviewed and selected for publication by the Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia- (CSSD) Chief of National Intelligence James Clapper today before the members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has delivered the statement on worldwide threats assessment. http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/2016-02-09SASC_open_threat_hearing_transcript.pdf On the Balkans: Ethnic nationalism and weak institutions in theContinue Reading
Conversation on Russian involvement in the Balkans
The Founder of Center for Security Studies and Development -Macedonia (CSSD), Selim Ibraimi was a special guest on “Diplomaticus”, a specialized edition for international affairs, Tirana, Albania. The host and the editor of the “Diplomaticus ” is the well known journalist Erion Kacorri. The main theme of the interview, wasContinue Reading
Belgrade -Skopje: Updating the balance of power
By Selim Ibraimi-Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia (CSSD) The last political developments in the Balkan region indicate that they’re not economic and democratic prosperity from the weak governments. There are factors that have led to the Balkans countries to experience the drastic financial decline of production and ultimately theContinue Reading
Climate change, growing threat to national security
By Blerim Abedini – Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia (CSSD) Something is clear and understandable. Today we can see migration of people done by different reasons either as a result of human or naturally induced pressures.We need to be prepared to meet the challenges of human migration andContinue Reading
Warning signs in the Balkans. National security at stake
By Blerim Abedini, Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia (CSSD) 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 planted during the BalkanContinue Reading