TransConflict - May Review

Dear All,

Please find below links to a selection of articles published by TransConflict during May.

- Kosovo – divisible sovereignty - by Gerard Gallucci - side-stepping the sovereignty issue and avoiding partition requires increased autonomy for the Serbs north of the Ibar and some form of role for Serbia vis-à-vis the southern Serbs and the Serbian Orthodox Church (also available in Serbian).

- A new Strategic Concept for the North Atlantic Alliance - by Dragan Bisenic - the growing opposition to military interventions amongst a majority of member states means that NATO's new Strategic Concept must consider how the Alliance can and will pursue a stronger political and co-ordinating role (also available in Serbian).

- The economic crisis, Greece and the Balkans - by Florian Bieber - the economic crisis – which has eroded the EU's solidarity and diluted its appetite for further enlargement – will serve to fuel populism and undermine the resolution of outstanding conflicts in the Balkans.

- No “reduced need for NATO” - the Czech Ambassador to NATO - in an interview with TransConflict Serbia, the Czech Republic's Ambassador to NATO, H.E. Mr. Martin Povejšil, responded to a series of questions regarding the development of NATO's future and the development of a new Strategic Concept (also available in Serbian).

Also available are reports from two events organized as part of our project, 'Facilitating Serbia's Contribution to NATO's New Strategic Concept':

- National perspectives on NATO's new Strategic Concept

- NATO not a panacea for energy security

Further analysis on developments in the Western Balkans can be found in the 'Think' section of our website. Should you have any questions regarding the work of TransConflict, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

Ian Bancroft

Executive Director, TransConflict

www.transconflict.com

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