Harun Karcic | 08 August 2022
Russia’s invisible hand in Kosovo The global media spotlight this week was briefly redirected from Ukraine to the Balkans, more precisely – to Kosovo. The latest flare-up in tensions was related to new rules [...]
Harun Karcic | 21 March 2022
After Ukraine, will the Balkans be next? ‘’We pray to God almighty that he protects the people of Ukraine, who are victims of oppression and injustice.’’ Those were the words of Bosnia’s Grand Mufti, [...]
Harun Karcic | 22 February 2022
Soviet-era disinformation campaign makes a comeback in the Balkans As the entire world watches in trepidation as Russia amasses more than 120,000 troops on Ukraine’s borders, the Kremlin’s local language media outlet in Serbia [...]
Harun Karcic | 25 January 2022
What is happening in Bosnia? Bosnian Serbs recently celebrated an outlawed holiday with a provocative parade showcasing domestic-made armored vehicles ominously named ‘Despot,’ low-flying police helicopters and long-barrel totting special forces marching in lockstep [...]
Harun Karcic | 30 April 2021
April was a busy month in the Mediterranean, particularly for the countries currently witnessing the birth pangs of a new strategic relationship: Greece, Israel, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Cyprus
Harun Karcic | 07 March 2021 | TR
There has been a flurry of Israeli activity in the Balkan region over the past couple of years. The most recent example was the much publicized establishment of formal diplomatic ties between Israel and Kosovo, a Muslim-majority country
Harun Karcic | 05 June 2020
This is how a recent headline read in the popular Croatian daily Slobodna Dalmacija after the United Arab Emirates sent planeloads of medical aid to Serbia
Harun Karcic | 15 August 2019
Jocelyne Cesari’s What is Political Islam? is a timely book that provides an insightful framework for analyzing the relationship between modern Muslim-majority states and Islam. The book is essentially a genealogy of the evolution of [...]
Harun Karcic | 22 March 2019
Why Bosniak Muslims want to join NATO Freezing cold winters in the Balkans often go hand-in-hand with fiery political debates and war-mongering. Consider this: in December 2016, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik called (again) [...]
