Global Insights
Global Insights
Network 20/20
Power and External Influence in the Balkans with Former Foreign Minister of Kosovo Petrit Selimi and Ivan Vejvoda
36 minutes Posted Jul 25, 2023 at 7:00 pm.
0:00
36:11
Download MP3
Show notes

Decades after the bloody fall of Yugoslavia, tensions continue to simmer in the Western Balkans region. As Serbia continues its candidacy for accession to the EU, pressure is rising to resolve the question of Kosovo, with the dispute over Kosovo’s territory seeing cyclical flare-ups in tension. Meanwhile, Russia seeks to maintain its influence over the region as more Western Balkan states move towards EU and NATO accession. Is a resolution to these complex, decades-old tensions near? Join us for a discussion with Petrit Selimi, former foreign minister of Kosovo, and Ivan Vejvoda, Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, on the geopolitics of the Western Balkans region.

Follow us at:
Network2020.org
Twitter: @Network2020
LinkedIn: Network 20/20
Facebook: @network2020
Instagram: @network_2020

Credits:
"Sunrise Expedition" by Joseph McDade
Music provided by Pavetraxx - Audio Library for Content Creators