Tag Archives: Albania

Defence policy oversight: Challenges and needs of the Albanian Assembly   January, 2021 – The military is a key instrument of national power. Their critical importance for defence and the potentially devastating effects from their misuse or lack of readiness require that defence policy is formulated through careful and professional …

The status of (preventing and countering) violent extremism in Albania January 2021 – More than five years have passed since 1353 men, women, and children travelled from the Western Balkans to Syria and Iraq. Since then, western Balkan governments have taken substantial measures to prosecute those that travelled to join a …

Together or alone? The need for increased Albanian-Dutch cooperation to fight transnational organised crime   Authors: Alban Dafa, Researcher governance and security at IDM and Wouter Zweers, Research Fellow at Clingendael   In recent years the Netherlands has voiced security-related concerns about the involvement of Albanian nationals in organised crime …

The Albanian military should focus on building its combat readiness   By Alban Dafa, researcher on governance and security   The engagement of Albanian Armed Forces in response to domestic security crises are fostering a distorted view of the military’s core tasks. The impression one gets from such deployments is …

COVID-19 in Albania: democratic governance put to the test   *This blog is published as part of the regional blogging initiative “Tales from the Region” on the experience of western Balkan countries with the COVID-19 Pandemic, published between 24 June 2020 and 6 July 2020. The initiative is coordinated by …

How prepared is Albania to cope with massive migratory flows? *This is a translated version of the Op-Ed that was originally published in Albanian in Gazeta Shiptare on 18 June 2020. Author: Armela Xhaho Over the past two years, Albania has faced an increased influx of asylum seekers and irregular immigrants …

Report | CSO Participation in Decision Making in Albania An active and participatory civil society that is able to hold public institutions accountable, propose policy solutions, and enable citizens to exercise their rights, voice their concerns, and engage in policy development is crucial for Albania in successfully facing difficulties on …

Policy Forum: Reforming EU enlargement – Tirana’s perspective   Tirana, 12 December 2019 – The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) organized a policy forum “Reforming EU enlargement – Tirana’s perspective” to discuss preferred and realistic scenarios for EU accession of the Western Balkans. The event generated a discussion among policy and political …

Rule of law is not a panacea: Resolving post-war inter-ethnic conflicts is central to Western Balkans stability and cooperation *This article was originally published in Finnish in the fall 2019 edition of foreign affairs magazine Ulkopolitiikka.   Author: Alban Dafa The October 2019 ‘non-decision’ of the European Council on opening accession …