In the latest episode of the East-West Coffee Shop, Gent Salihu provides a perspective from Kosovo on the results of the 2021 parliamentary elections and addresses how US-Kosovo relations might change with the new Biden administration.
Kosovo joining NATO is not just a fallback solution, but more of a measure that should be followed in parallel to Kosovo's EU prospect, to achieve long-lasting stability in the Balkans. Gent Salihu
Gent Salihu is member of the Younger Generation Leaders Network.
As the security situation in Kosovo deteriorates significantly, the ELN’s Senior Associate Fellow Nick Williams writes that although this latest violence is local in origin, it has deeper roots and much wider implications.
Current security guarantees for Ukraine range from unavailable to ineffective, writes Sascha Ostanina. She proposes a middle-ground solution to provide collective security for Ukraine through a binding self-defence agreement between the EU and Ukraine. Such an agreement would provide Ukraine with access to weapons and ammunition in the event of Russian aggression.
ELN Policy Fellow Alice Billon-Galland interviewed by Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant on a possible European military operation in the Strait of Hormuz.