29.06.2026

For Prime Minister Edi Rama, the greatest challenge lies not only in the scale of the protests, but also in the prospect that this mobilisation could develop into a sustained social movement, one capable of unifying diverse dissatisfied groups around a common demand for substantive political and institutional change.

29.06.2026

Today, we need a common goal: to build a Serbia where young people choose to stay, where new ideas flourish, new prospects are created, knowledge and development are supported, and every citizen feels secure and confident about the future.

25.06.2026

Preserving the Office of the High Representative (OHR), maintaining the country’s Euro-Atlantic path, vigorously combating organised crime and corruption and upholding the constitutional order remain essential prerequisites for the country’s long-term stability.

22.06.2026

Serbia’s ruling structures derive a significant share of their political legitimacy from economic performance indicators, including wage and employment growth, infrastructure delivery, foreign investment inflows and the preservation of macroeconomic stability. Together, these factors underpin the political narrative of continuity in the current development model and of institutions capable of providing stability, attracting investment and creating a long-term economic outlook.

19.06.2026

If EU energy cooperation with Central Asia is designed solely based on short-term interests and the exploitation of the region’s natural resources, it may lead to a repetition of a new model of economic colonialism, where Central Asian countries remain in the role of energy and raw material suppliers without benefiting from the real advantages of these projects. This situation contradicts the principles of sustainable development and social justice...

16.06.2026

Between the possible blockade of Hormuz, driven by escalating Iranian-Western tensions, and potential restrictions on or destabilisation of the Zangezur Corridor, where the interests of Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey intersect, the international system is entering a phase in which not only logistics routes and energy prices are being reassessed, but also the very architecture of the future global order.

11.06.2026

The International Institute IFIMES considers that a time-sensitive political window of opportunity has now opened and must not be missed. If it closes, the region could once again enter a cycle of prolonged instability, institutional weakness and geopolitical fragmentation, with the risk of a long-term drift away from its European perspective and strategic integration into the European Union.

08.06.2026

European investment in China, as well as partnerships with Middle Eastern countries, show that the future of global trade will not be based on isolation and protectionism but on managed interdependence, where tariffs, regulations, and technological standards will become negotiating tools and quality filters rather than absolute barriers. For companies this means the necessity of building resilient, multipolar value chains with operational redundancy and localization of key competencies.

04.06.2026

The International Institute IFIMES assesses that, without a fundamental shift in political logic — moving from a culture of confrontation towards one of compromise and institutional cooperation — Kosovo will stay trapped in a state of “permanent electoral crisis”. This limits the country's capacity to accelerate essential reforms and progress towards membership of the European Union and NATO, despite the continued support of key Western partners.

03.06.2026

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future hinges on whether it will move towards becoming a self-sustaining, functional state or persist over the long term in a zone of internationally managed stability, with sanctions mechanisms applied periodically as a tool for regulating political conduct. In this regard, the OHR appears neither as a definitive solution nor as the source of the problem, but as a symptom of an unfinished international-domestic political arrangement with no clearly defined endgame.

02.06.2026

IFIMES maintains that the European Union faces a stark choice: either to develop a flexible and functional integration model to facilitate the swifter inclusion of the Western Balkans through tailored institutional arrangements, or to allow the region to remain in a protracted zone of uncertainty, exposed to intensified influence of the Russian Federation, China and other global actors.

01.06.2026

Vučić’s multi-day visit to Beijing in May 2026, which carried considerable symbolic weight, further strengthened the perception of Serbia as China’s foremost strategic partner in the Western Balkans. At the same time, it highlighted Belgrade’s ambition to act as a bridge between East and West, rather than as a geopolitical actor permanently aligned with either side. As the multipolar international order takes shape at an accelerating pace..