Books: A new and important contribution to the studying of Albania’s EU integration process

Books: A new and important contribution to the studying of Albania’s EU integration process

Institutional coordination and compliance in the EU accession process of Albania. By Gentian Elezi. The purpose of the book is to explain the institutional coordination and its challenges, in the process of implementing the transposed EU policies and legal acts

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A critical account of foreign policy and diplomacy of post-communist Albania

A critical account of foreign policy and diplomacy of post-communist Albania

Albanian Foreign Policy- The Perils of Change a new book from Albert Rakipi The Balkans and the region’s neighbors have been the main subject of Albania’s foreign policy since the fall of the communist regime 30 years ago. From once

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Books: A Concise History of Albania 

Books: A Concise History of Albania 

Expected to be published by Cambridge University Press in early 2022, “A Concise History of Albania” by Bernd J. Fischer (Purdue University, United States) and Oliver Jens Schmitt (Universität Wien, Austria) is a book that charts the history of Albania

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Women on Albanian money – Elsa Zhulali

Women on Albanian money – Elsa Zhulali

The role of women in society can be discovered through many lenses. In her recent book “Women on Albanian money”, Elsa Zhulali provides to the reader a new approach in understanding the role women have had in Albanian society, by

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Anne Applebaum’s New Book “Twilight of Democracy”

Anne Applebaum’s New Book “Twilight of Democracy”

by OGERTA LALA Democracy cannot be taken for granted. Democracy is complicated, diverse and not guaranteed anywhere. Not in the United States of America, not in the United Kingdom, not in Spain, not in Italy and certainly not in Poland

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Albania and Kosovo: Is Unification the Common Future?

Albania and Kosovo: Is Unification the Common Future?

This study offers a critical review of the issue of unification between Albania and Kosovo, attempting to answer the following questions: Are Albania and Kosovo heading towards unification? Is union of the two states truly desirable? Why should they unite? Is union feasible? Is union an alternative to European integration? Are European integration and national union mutually-exclusive? What would be the possible implications of unification in Albania’s domestic environment, and for the state which would be its product? Finally, what would be the potential implications for the international relations of the new state?

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The Albanian Struggle in the Old World and New

The Albanian Struggle in the Old World and New

NIKOLLA PANO The Albanian Struggle in the Old World and New provides an interesting and valuable account of the first four decades of the Albanian-American community in the State of Massachusetts. This community, which was concentrated in Boston, was the first

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“Albania´s bilateral relations: foreign policy challenges and opportunities”

“Albania´s bilateral relations: foreign policy challenges and opportunities”

Introduction to the Publication: “Albania´s bilateral relations: foreign policy challenges and opportunities” By Author: Dr. Klaus Fiesinger Southeast Europe and especially its part of the so-called “Western Balkans” is in public opinion generally regarded as a key geostrategic region, but still

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‘King Zog and the Struggle For Stability in Albania’: A historical Albanian journey

‘King Zog and the Struggle For Stability in Albania’: A historical Albanian journey

  By Bernd J. Fischer I am very pleased that Dr. Albert Rakipi, the director of the Albanian Institute for International Studies felt that a new English reprinting of my first book King Zog and the Struggle for Stability in

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Chronicles and Fragments

Chronicles and Fragments

The novels of Ismail Kadare. By James Wood  Like Trieste or Lvov, the medieval city of Gjirokastër, in southern Albania, has passed its history beneath a sign perpetually rewritten, in different hands, but always with the same words: “Under New Management.”

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