Balkans

After a break with Moscow, the new caretaker government in Sofia is poised to realign with the Kremlin by signing a new contract with Gazprom.

Postwar Bosnia remains deeply divided. These young people are trying to change that.

Ankara has used its unique position for a strategic advantage.

Brinkmanship over Kosovo, footsie with Moscow, and friction with Brussels are par for the course for Belgrade.

The anti-immigration firebrand Umit Ozdag might not win a seat in parliament, but he’s shifted the national debate on refugees by vowing to expel them.

And Russian President Vladimir Putin is eager to exploit it.

Ukraine and Moldova are shortlisted for the European Union. Ask North Macedonia how that went.

Being disruptive in the alliance is a good political strategy for Turkey’s leader.

Erdogan could force Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO bids to the wire—and perhaps beyond.

Pro-Russian nationalists are close to taking power in Sofia. Washington can weaken them by offering recognition of North Macedonia’s nationhood.

He is the one unsavory character the West urgently needs better relations with.

Nearly 4 million refugees are caught in the crossfire of Ankara’s heated domestic politics.

Sarajevo’s hopes of NATO accession are growing as London steps in.

Intensifying conflict with the Kurdish armed movement in Iraq and Syria will likely improve his chances of reelection.

Central Europe and the Balkans expose the failures of European integration.

Belgrade’s purchase of FK-3 air defense systems from Beijing marks a shift in Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s diplomatic and defense policy.