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Main Representative of IFIMES to the ECOSOC/UN Mernik Knee at the anniversary of the Genocide Convention

Photo: Irena Mernik Knee (left) and Adama Dieng Press release 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 S... more »

Discussion: How to make Bosnia and Herzegovina better, more successful and more attractive to live?

H.E. Željko Komšić International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) within the “Western Balkans and the EU” cycle kindly invites to the discussion with H.E. Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina entitled How to make Bosn... more »

Enhancing cooperation between the IFIMES and the University of Sarajevo

Press release Enhancing cooperation between the IFIMES and the University of Sarajevo Sarajevo/Ljubljana, 28 November 2019 – Director of International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) Assist. Prof. Zijad Bećirović, Ph.D. visited University of Sarajevo. Director Bećirović was hosted by the Univer... more »

Western Balkans 2019: 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 ofthe trilateral meeting between the leaders of Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania and some other West Balkan states, which took place in Ohrid on 9 and 10 November 2019 and where they discu... more »

Insight 215: Iran–Saudi Ties: Can History Project Their Trajectory?

● Dr. Emir Hadžikadunić[1], PhD Insight 215: Iran–Saudi Ties: Can History Project Their Trajectory? Abstract This study examines external realities that Iran and Saudi Arabia have shared throughout their diplomatic history, particularly how the continuity of the specific structural conditions they mutually face within the int... more »

Voices of Danish Youth Signal a New Danish Consensus on Islam

● Sophie Zinn Voices of Danish Youth Signal a New Danish Consensus on Islam The European migration crisis, which began in 2015, has had a significant impact on immigration and security policies across the region. In Europe’s smaller, more homogenous countries, rising migration and the prospect of refugees and migrants becoming people&... more »

Iraq 2019 mass protests: The third wave of Arab Spring

The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, regularly analyses events in the Middle East and the Balkans. It has prepared an analysis of the current political situation in Iraq in view of mass protests that have spread thorough the country. The most relevant and interesting sections from the comprehensive a... more »

30 years after 9/11: How many Germanies should Europe have?

Prof. Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic 30 years after 9/11: How many Germanies should Europe have? 2019 sees the 30th anniversary of the European 9/11 – the fall of the Berlin Wall. Dislike the 9/11 that came 12 years later, which many now associate with the demise of the Anglo-American dominant capitalism, for the most – this European 9/1... more »

The lecture: Geopolitics and the Balkans

General Blagoje Grahovac In the framework of the “West Balkans and the EU” lecture cycle The International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) invites You kindly to take part at the lecture by Blagoje Grahovac, retired Lieutenant General entitled Geopolitics and ... more »