Serbia

Dmitry Pozhidaev outlines five lessons from Serbia’s Student List electoral breakthrough after two years of mass protests — and how this could be turned into lasting social change.

The nature of the Student List’s victory in Serbia’s parliamentary elections and the country’s political future are difficult to grasp through conventional categories, writes Srđan Atanasovski.

Gen Z revolts have learned to topple governments. The question of who succeeds them has barely been posed, writes Sushovan Dhar.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Trump’s tariffs are less a blueprint for industrial renewal than a prelude to a new techno-nationalist order organised around capital control, technological dominance and regional economic blocs.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Unless the student protests in Serbia transform into a larger popular movement, they will gradually dissipate without leaving a lasting impact.

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.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — In 2024, Serbia offered a particularly clear reflection of the three core dimensions of capitalism’s crisis: political, economic and systemic.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — In many ways, Acemoglu and Robinson’s framework echoes the “end of history” thesis popularised by Francis Fukuyama.

Michael Pröbsting looks at Lenin’s actual position on the defence of Serbia in World War I and why it is wrong to apply it to the Ukraine War today.

Kosovans displaced by Milosevic's serb-chauvinist regime.