Rule of law or rule of violence

I explain the difference between the police intervention in the protests of 14 January 2012 and 22 January 2012 and why the first one was …

Reciprocity of respect

I talk about how the public pressure for "reciprocity" measures comes from the desire for mutual respect and relations on an equal basis between Serbs and …

On parallel institutions

I describe how the focus on the northern municipalities has ignored the fact that Serbia's parallel institutions are spread in almost all Serbian settlements in …

Violence and its recurrence

Here I provide an overview of structural violence, how patron-client relationships are a form of it, and how political violence (or riots) happens and recurs based Hannah Arendt's concept of violence as a tool of the …

The illusion of progress

by Seb Bytyci.

I outline the way in which a public discourse of "reform" is meant to create the illusion of improvement of the political and socio-economic situation in …

The scarf

Here I describe how issued that constantly come up as very important for voters, are ignored and instead issues of no relevance to voters such as schoolgirls wearing headscarves are imposed on the public …

Neo-Ottomanism, Albanians and Democracy

I provide an overview of the AKP Turkish foreign policy and its meaning for the Balkans. Also, I talk about the role of international acceptance for elites in obtaining legitimacy to rule and how that affects relations …

Transition in a post-conflict country

I bring an overview of academic discussions on transition, as well as post-conflict politics. …

War of the Biscuits (or what happened in the north?)

I compare the mutual trade ban between Serbia and Kosovo to the Pig war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. I call the recent events in northern Kosovo War of the Biscuits. Biscuits are the most popular Serbian product in …

Relative size of northern Kosovo

on the rest of the country for …