Vedrana Maglajlija

Many in the Western Balkans feel that Sofia’s veto creates an unprecedented policy of blackmail. It opens the possibility for every member state of the EU to forcibly require a solution for some identity issues regarding state candidates.

Chinese soft power and cultural diplomacy are pretty much the same in all Eastern and Central Europe, but it is magnified in Serbia by the dominant narrative of the political elite and Vucic’s two-level ‘game’.

After Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in Iran in 1979, women’s rights - established during the Western-oriented dictatorship - were significantly reduced.