Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine has intensified existing geopolitical tensions throughout 2022 and into 2023, exposing persistent rule of law deficiencies in Southeast Europe (SEE-9). In order to...
Ukraine's heroic resistance against Russia's aggression has spurred a much-needed positive jolt on the EU's enlargement process. However, despite considerable previous progress, history shows that the Western Balkans' path towards...
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the resurgence of global authoritarian hybrid threats have focused the attention of the democratic community on the security implications of state capture and strategic corruption....
Following the Anti-Corruption and National Security policy forum, anti-corruption institutions and civil society actors came together to exchange good practices and practical solutions for joint action. At an expert-level workshop...
The countries of Southeastern Europe (SEE) have come a long way in their anti-corruption development in the past two decades, building a lot of the formal institutions necessary for ensuring...
Tackling corruption is a common challenge for the global democratic community. In Central and Southeast Europe, the re-distribution of state property at the beginning of the transition to a market...
The Regional Good Governance Public-Private Partnership Platform (R2G4P) continued its efforts to increase the capacity of its civil society and government partners to monitor, diagnose and tackle corruption risks, through...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a wake-up call for policymakers to reinforce Europe's security and geopolitical standing. The EU has become the testing ground for Russia and China's...
The war in Ukraine urged international organizations to recognize that institutional gaps are abused by foreign autocrats to spread disinformation and destabilize liberal democracy across the world. Southeast European states...
Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently the most unstable and vulnerable country in SEE with botched EU accession prospects, dysfunctional federal institutions, increasing secessionist threats, and paralyzing Russian influence. The latter...
The global offensive that autocratic states, led by Russia and with the silent support of China, are waging against rules-based democratic societies through a toxic mix of disinformation and illicit...
The Kremlin Playbook in Europe has demonstrated that the Balkans are the most vulnerable flank of the democratic Euro-Atlantic community. This vulnerability has attracted intensified efforts from Russia with the...
