western balkans

We are proud to be partners of CIVPOL, a project that aims to indetify the role and actions of the V4 countries regarding the management of the migration crisis within the region, and to give recommendations for future assistance in connection with border management, humanitarian/ethnic-religious issues and legal undertakings.

Our Michal Vít in an interview for European Western Balkans explained what are the most crucial topics countries of Western Balkans have to address when thinking about joining the European Union

We would like to invite you to the public debate titled "Crime and punishment - What did the migration crises take and bring to the Western Balkans and the Czech Republic?" which will take place on December 11, 2017 in Brno.

Our Alexandr Lagazzi and Michal Vít, in a joint policy paper, focused on Chinese foreign policy and backdoor-deals diplomacy in the Western Balkans. Following on-the-ground research on the actual implementation of investment projects in Serbia and other Western Balkans countries, the paper analyzes the impact of Chinese influence in the region.

On Wednesday 18th of October 2017 we organized the roundtable debate "Western Balkans integration process: State of play in 2017", from which a report is now available.

Marko Stojic's new book provides a comprehensive analysis of how political parties in Serbia and Croatia have determined and shifted their positions on the European Union.

Accept our sincere invitation to the public debate that is part of the Festival of Democracy at Vaclav Havel Library. Our distinguished guests Michal Vít, Zora Hasová, Zuzana Lenhartová will discuss the following topic: "Migration crisis and Western Balkans - Stability vs. Democracy."

Michal Vít analyses, in his latest policy paper, the state of EU cooperation with Serbia and Macedonia after the closing of the Balkan route, with focus on the role of the Czech Republic within the negotiations.

The latest contribution to the EASTERN MONITOR series by Christian Kvorning Lassen analyses the 2016 Progress Reports released by the European Commission and points out the main causes for concern.

Michal Vít focuses, in his latest policy paper, on the contemporary political and societal context of the Western Balkan region from the perspective of EU enlargement, with focus on the developments during the refugees crisis.

Our Research Fellow Michal Vít joined the presentation of The Western Balkan 6 Advocacy Group (WB6 AG) strategy on December, 19.

Our research fellow Michal Vít talks with Hospodářské noviny about the situation of the migration crisis in the Balkans.