Center for European Policy Analysis

"Western Balkan strategy led by Washington urgently needed"

In order to prevent regional instability, "a more vigorous Western Balkan strategy led by Washington is urgently needed."

That is according to senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington Janusz Bugajski, who penned a piece for online journal Europe's Edge, cited by the European Western Balkans and Tanjug.

Montenegro readies to join NATO alliance

Montenegro's Prime Minister Dusko Markovic did not mince his words when Russia last month announced a ban on imports from the Balkan country's biggest winemaker.

"It is clear that the decision is in the context of [Montenegro's] NATO membership," he said, pointing out that Russian citizens had "lost an opportunity to consume the best wines."

Analyst Wess Mitchell: Romania is a model of democracy in the region; Orban and Ponta profoundly different

Romanian democracy deserves to be praised for the real and difficult progress it has made, says Wess Mitchell, President and Co-Founder of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

He emphasizes, in an interview granted to news website HotNews.ro, the major difference existing between Victor Ponta and Viktor Orban.