On 2 July a delegation of the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) visited IACA. The Delegation consisted of two IFIMES Directors, Mr. Zijad Bećirović and Mr. Bakhtyar Aljaf,…
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COVID-19 AND THE WAY TO RETURN TO NORMAL: ROLE OF OIC
(Muslim World and its Rapid Reaction Capacitation in times of new type/s of asymmetric challenges) International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES)[1] from Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyses developments in the…
IS MOROCCO AN OASIS OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE RESTLESS REGION?
Photo credit: moroccoworldnews.com The Europeans associate the Kingdom of Morocco with high-end tourism on one hand and migrations from Africa to the European continent on the other hand. Among the African states…
GENERAL MICHAEL D. BARBERO NEW MEMBER OF IFIMES COUNCIL
Ljubljana, April 21, 2020 – The International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) announced today that Lieutenant General (US Army, retired) Michael D. Barbero has become new member of the…
CROATIA AT A TURNING POINT?
The second round of elections for the President of the Republic of Croatia are due to take place on 5 January 2020. The population of Croatia is in the area of 4.1…
MAIN REPRESENTATIVE OF IFIMES TO THE ECOSOC/UN MERNIK KNEE AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION
New York/Ljubljana, 9 December 2019 – Main Representative of the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in…
THE BALKAN INITIATIVE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, has analysed current political situation in Western Balkans in view of the trilateral meeting between the leaders of Serbia, North…
DOES THE EU PUSH THE WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES TO THE RUSSIAN “HUG”?
International Institute of Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) from Ljubljana, Slovenia, prepared the analysis of actual political situation in the Western Balkans prior to the European Council meeting to be held…
NON-ACCEPTANCE OF ICTY JUDGEMENTS AND “HUMANISATION” OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
The verdicts against Ratko Mladić (IT-09-92) and Jadranko Prlić et al. (IT-04-74) represent the final judgements of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) which will formally cease to operate…
GRABAR-KITAROVIĆ AND VUČIĆ ON A JOINT MISSION TO (DE)STABILIZE THE REGION
The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyses events in the Middle East and the Balkans. IFIMES has prepared an analysis of the situation in view…