Orbán is out. Who’s next?
By Xhabir Deralla Nine years after the fall of a regime – the one in my country – I couldn’t hide...
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Category: OPINION
The End of Happy Globalization
Pandemic, war in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East, and the U.S. withdrawal from international organizations have accelerated the end of an era. The emerging world order is based on military power and economic sovereignty.
By Olivier Védrine Director of the Jean Monnet Association The war waged by Russia against Ukraine...
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A State of Party Loyalty or a State of Public Interest?
By Aleksandar Ivanov How did we reach a point where institutions appear weakest precisely when...
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Smiles, Handshakes, and War
A Warm Welcome for a War Criminal’s Envoy
On the surface, this was a routine diplomatic ceremony—an almost dull occasion, the kind that...
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Anything but the European Union
A sharp commentary on North Macedonia’s drift from the EU—nationalist populism, disinformation, and a growing authoritarian drive.
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Support is not charity. It is an act of solidarity in defending democracy.
“Democracy is under attack” has become a familiar assessment in recent years. Yet in most...
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The Duck Test: When Someone Echoes the Kremlin
You don’t need a secret dossier to recognize strategic alignment. Sometimes patterns of behavior speak for themselves. So where does the U.S. President, Donald Trump, stand in the duck test?
By Xhabir Deralla In a March 13 interview with Fox News, U.S. President Donald Trump described the...
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EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans: Geopolitical Necessity or Strategic Illusion?
Between Russia’s war against Ukraine, illiberal elites, and Brussels’ contradictions, Europe faces difficult choices about the future of enlargement.
By Ambassador Gudrun Steinacker (ret.) After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU...
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The Rhetoric of Ending Wars
Geopolitics without principles or loyalty
By Xhabir Deralla The language of war often reveals more than the wars themselves. When U.S....
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Shameful. And Irresponsible.
On responsibility, decency, and the damage of the political circus
By Jabir Deralla Before surrendering another hour of your attention to today’s news cycle, pause...
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Migration: Why North Macedonia Needs Strategy, Not Political Theater
Migration in North Macedonia is routinely weaponized as a tool of daily politics, stripped of humanitarian context and long-term thinking. This analysis argues for a fact-based, strategic approach aligned with EU standards—one that recognizes migration as a structural social issue rather than a source of manufactured crisis.
By Oliver Andonov Migration and migrants are not merely a matter of geographic or spatial movement...
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When Survival Is Branded as Politics
How delegitimising workers’ protests undermines democracy in an EU candidate country
By Xhabir Deralla In recent days, workers’ protests in North Macedonia have exposed broader issues...
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