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With Russia’s Backing, Serbia Eyes The “Right Time” For A New War With Kosovo

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Post date March 22, 2024

KFOR troops in Prizren, Kosovo Sina Schuldt/DPA/ZUMA

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic cooperates closely with Russia, including on security and arms issues. Now he is threatening to invade Kosovo, which Serbia does not recognize as an independent country. If Donald Trump were to win, and NATO to weaken, Vucic may be ready to move.

Tags balkan war, balkans, ethnic conflicts, europe, european union, kosovo, kosovo and serbia, kosovo conflict, regional conflict, russia, serbia, serbian nationalism, serbian president, stability, vucic, western balkans

Geopolitics Ideas

Path Of Putin’s Rage: Yeltsin Shame, Clinton Duplicity, Obama Derision

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Post date February 26, 2022

A 2015 photo of Putin in Red Square with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Alexei Druzhinin/Russian PPIO/ZUMA

War is upon us. But many in the West have sleepwalked through two decades of rising tensions with Russia. The situation in Ukraine can only be understood in the context of Vladimir Putin’s view on Boris Yeltsin, NATO’s eastward expansion, wars in the Balkans and Iraq, and beyond.

Tags balkan war, bill clinton, boris yeltsin, diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, iraq war, sergey lavrov, vladimir putin, war

In The News

On This Day – October 8

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Post date October 8, 2016

Tags balkan war, Bruno Mars, kashmir earthquake, Queen Min, south korea

Geopolitics

The Italian State Secret That Could Aid The Kurds

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Post date August 26, 2014

Peshmerga Special Forces in Zakho, Iraq Gail Orenstein/ZUMA

Thanks to a hidden supply of weapons seized from a Russian arms trafficker 20 years ago, Italy may be able to quickly help Kurdish fighters as they battle against the ISIS jihadist terrorists.

Tags balkan war, eu, iraq, isis, islamic state, italy, kurdistan, kurds, Massoud Barzani, nato, weapons

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