Shifting Currents in the Balkans
21 August 2018 – London, UK by Chris Murray Turkey’s internal difficulties have been cause for relations with its NATO allies to have been declining for some time, as has been well…
In Search of “Traitors”: Targets of Russian Special Services in Crimea and on Mainland Ukraine
22 May 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Originally posted in Russian here. On Monday of last week, the Security Service of Ukraine officially announced that they thwarted…
Russia stoking the fire in the Balkans
6 March 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Moscow’s current activities in the Balkans are aimed at aggravating existing disputes in the region. This opinion was expressed by…
Book Watch: Yugoslavia and Macedonia Before Tito: Between Repression and Integration
Review by Chris Murray 27 June 2017 – London, UK Yugoslavia and Macedonia Before Tito: Between Repression and Integration By Nada Boškovska; I.B. Tauris, 2017. GBP £69.00 ISBN-10: 1784533386 ISBN-13: 978-1784533380 The…
Macedonia could tip over the Balkans, and with it Europe
1 May 2017 – London, UK by Chris Murray Skopje: Protestors stormed the Macedonian parliament Thursday, brutally assaulting government lawmakers in what marks a shocking level of escalation in an ongoing political…
Recap: A Terrible Sinking Feeling – Turkey’s Course Set for Turmoil
8 March 2017 – London, UK by Chris Murray As I watch the only secular democratic state of the Middle East plunge headlong into the abyss I am left with a terrible…
Recap: UK’s Labour Party & NATO
23 February 2017 – York, UK by David Heaton The Labour Party opposition in the UK should be in a mood of high confidence. The Conservative Party has been scrambling…
Book Watch: Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft
Review by Chris Murray 12 February 2017 – London, UK Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft By Lewis E. Lehrman; Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 2017. GBP £19.95 ISBN-10: 0811718980…
Book Watch: Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community
Review by Chris Murray 24 January 2017 – London, UK Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community By Max Bergholz; Cornell University Press, 2016. USD…
Turkey’s Troublesome Times Continuing with No End in Sight
20 December 2016 – London, UK by Chris Murray It feels like only moments ago that Defence Report was analysing the attempted coup in Turkey. July does not feel a long way away…