Dinar ban will damage EU-led Kosovo-Serbia dialogue

Kosovo's ban on using the dinar risks driving more Serbs to leave while straining relations with Brussels and Washington

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East Europeans will gain influence on Western security

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has drawn attention to Central-Eastern European security, shifting the focus eastwards

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Ankara is aiming to normalise and stabilise its key regional and international relationships

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This background brief explains how mutual animosities from the 1992-95 war still frustrate any sense of common purpose

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Hungary seems about to concede to growing Western pressure and agree to Sweden joining NATO, the last member to do so

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Rabat is trying to leverage dynamics in the Sahel to push back against Algerian influence there

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May elections may change the government but probably not renewables’ role in the next phase of energy transition

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The EU has attempted to intensify its engagement in the South Caucasus, with varying degrees of success

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Orban’s control of most media will allow him to ‘spin’ his about-face on EU funding for Ukraine and probably NATO too

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Upcoming elections may revolve around the constitutional amendments Bulgaria requires for continuing EU accession talks

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