Balkans
Beyond protest: Can Serbia’s student movement spark a political breakthrough?
Dmitry Pozhidaev — The student protests are significant in that they expose and deepen the fractures within Serbian capitalism, potentially laying the groundwork for more profound political shifts in the future.
Commemorating November 29, 1943: The founding of a new Yugoslavia
Dmitry Pozhidaev — On November 29, 1943, amid the turmoil of World War II, the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) proclaimed the foundation of a new Yugoslavia that envisioned a radically different future.
Foreign direct investment: The opium for development
Dmitry Pozhidaev — If religion is the opium of the people, FDI is the opium of development: it creates an appearance of development while undermining and restricting development opportunities.
