Balkans
Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2022
Tensions with Brussels will continue over EU-11 rule of law and human rights and Western Balkan integration will stall
EuropeWestern Balkans will divide over regional market idea
Momentum is building for the idea of establishing an economic zone in some form in the western Balkans
EUWestern Balkans will look more to Russia and China
The EU has diminished its influence by not giving a clear time frame for the region's six countries to join it
BalkansSerbia poses no threat in Balkans for all its bluster
Serbia (and the Bosnian Serbs) celebrated yesterday as Serbian Unity day, to predictable alarm
SerbiaWestern Balkans will be laggards in coal phase-out
Western Balkan countries have made some pledges to decommission their coal sectors, but overall progress is slow
BalkansWest Balkan economies may recover slowly from pandemic
Montenegro’s GDP recovery will depend on tourists returning after pandemic; Serbia has relied on economic stimulus
BalkansForeign powers will use media for Balkan influence
Russia and others have entered the Balkan information sphere to expand their soft power reach, as EU influence weakens
BalkansTurkey will export its internal crisis to the Balkans
Erdogan is strengthening his influence in the Balkans, where he is interfering in Bosniak politics
Turkey
