Keyword: Lincoln Gardner
2025 in the Western Balkans: A year-end...
In 2025, the Western Balkans has become a key indicator of Europe’s changing security...
Ukraine and the Western Balkans – from...
As Europe marks 30 years since the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended, Ukraine’s...
EU security in the Western Balkans
The EU's security policy has helped maintain peace in the Western Balkans since the...
Emerging military alliances in the Western Balkans:...
On 18 March 2025, Ministers of Defence from Albania, Croatia, and Kosovo gathered in...

![2025 in the Western Balkans: A year-end SITREP Soldiers from the Czech company, part of the EUFOR Multinational Battalion, conducted a series of joint training exercises in Mostar alongside operators from Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). [EUFOR BiH]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Handshake_EUFOR-BiH-324x160.jpg)
![Ukraine and the Western Balkans – from parallel pasts to a shared future Participants at the fourth Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit gathered in Odesa on 11 June 2025. [Office of the President of Ukraine]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Odesa-summit-2025_Office-of-the-President-of-Ukraine-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![EU security in the Western Balkans Joint forces of EUFOR BiH and the BiH armed forces participated in Exercise Combined Response 25, in June 2025. [EUFOR BiH]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Combined-Response-25_EUFOR-BiH-Kopie-324x160.jpg)
![Emerging military alliances in the Western Balkans: A redrawing of the regional security map : Signing of Declaration on Military Cooperation between Defence Ministers of Albania, Croatia and Kosovo, in Tirana, on 18 March 2025. [Croatian MoD]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Adriatic-Bloc-signing-ceremony_Croatian-MoD-Kopie-324x160.jpg)