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Dragan Stavljanin

Dragan Stavljanin is the foreign affairs editor of RFE/RL's Balkan Service. He has published numerous articles and written two books, The Cold Peace: The Caucasus And Kosovo and The Balkanization Of The Internet And The 'Death' Of The Journalist.

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April 02, 2024
Genocide Scholar: 'I Do Think That Russia's Violence In Ukraine Is Genocidal'

Western officials gathered in The Hague on April 2 to discuss efforts to prosecute alleged Russian war crimes committed by its forces in Ukraine. Can those crimes be considered genocide?
September 26, 2023
Who Was Behind The Deadly Attack At The Orthodox Monastery In Kosovo?

Kosovar authorities poring over weapons and other evidence say a deadly attack outside a monastery in the predominantly Serb north bears the fingerprints of the fugitive head of a Serb party who's also on a U.S. sanctions list for alleged ties to organized crime.
August 30, 2023
Interview: Russia's Wagner 'Decapitated' Since Mutiny, But 'That's Not The Same As Being Disbanded Altogether'

British author and expert on Russia's military transformation Keir Giles talks about Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's death and its consequences inside Russia and beyond.
April 12, 2022
'Stacks Of Evidence': Lawyer Who Prosecuted Milosevic Says Russians Could Be Tried For War Crimes In Ukraine

A veteran human rights lawyer who was the lead prosecutor at the trial of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic says building a war crimes indictment against Russian forces -- even Russian President Vladimir Putin -- "is a substantial task" but "not necessarily" difficult.
May 18, 2020
World Should Take 'Declining Power' Russia 'More Seriously,' Says Political Analyst Nye

Joseph Nye, one of the architects of neoliberalism and a longtime advocate of "interdependence," talks about the "continuing fight" in Europe between Washington and Moscow, the risks of a "declining power" like Russia, and a "cooperative rivalry" between China and the United States in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL.
January 09, 2020
Persian Might: How Strong Is Iran's Military?

The tension between Iran and the United States after Washington's assassination of top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani has put a focus on Tehran's military capabilities.
December 02, 2018
Nostalgia Keeps Yugoslavia Alive A Century After Its Ill-Fated Creation

Yugodom museum revives what politicians couldn’t keep alive: Yugoslavia.
February 13, 2016
'Damn Lies, Deep Crisis' In Russian Economy, Says Former Central Banker

Sergei Aleksashenko, a former Russian central banker, says authorities there are not coming clean with the public about the country’s dire economic situation.
July 28, 2014
World War I Anniversary: Five Historians, Two Questions

One hundred years after the beginning of World War I, historians are still wondering how it started. Meanwhile many of the rest of us wonder if the global situation today is as perilous as it was on the eve of that cataclysm.
March 18, 2014
Is Serbia Headed For 'Orbanization?'

Serbia's parliamentary elections have concentrated great power in the hands of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its leader, Aleksandar Vucic.
May 21, 2012
Serbian Nationalist's Surprise Presidential Win Raises Uncertainty

The surprise win of nationalist Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's presidential polls on May 20 throws the country into fresh political uncertainty. Nikolic, a one-time ally of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, may now ask his party to form a new government and break an existing deal on a new ruling coalition headed by Boris Tadic's Democratic Party. Nikolic's election also casts serious doubt on Serbia's attempts to join the European Union.
May 07, 2012
Ambiguous Serbian Vote Puts Spotlight on Socialists

The results of Serbia's parliamentary and presidential elections on May 6 show a country almost evenly divided between pro-Western and nationalist camps. With none of the front-runners winning a decisive victory, the new focus is on the parliamentary contest's third-place finisher -- the Socialist Party of late strongman leader Slobodan Milosevic.
December 08, 2009
Russia, U.S. Face Off In Court Over Independence

The United States and Russia, deeply divided over the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence, have presented opposing arguments about the move to the International Court of Justice.
October 02, 2009
Commentary: The Fragile Balkans

Strong and undiminished national sentiments certainly constitute the biggest obstacle to long-term stability and prosperity in the western Balkans. The Kosovo issue is another stumbling block.

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