Spotlight on Foreign Policy Does Albania Have a Foreign Policy? - Ditmir Bushati, May 2026 This question arises at a time of profound geopolitical transition and transformation, in which the norms of the previous world order — from which we Albanians benefited — are increasingly being disregarded. The world is no longer...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy A Smoke Screen - Ditmir Bushati, April 2026 The enthusiastic promises of concluding the negotiations by 2027 and completing the process of accession to the European Union by 2030 were partly overshadowed by the joint initiative of the Prime Minister of Albania and the President of...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy The Long Game - Ditmir Bushati, March 2026 The movement of American military assets toward the Middle East in recent weeks served as a warning signal for what we are witnessing today. The United States and Israel are carrying out in Iran one of the most complex military...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy The Breakdown of Trust - Ditmir Bushati, February 2026 For decades, the Munich Security Conference has served as the annual gathering of the transatlantic alliance. A place where American and European leaders, diplomats, and geopolitical professionals come together to exchange views on...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy Post Pax Americana - Ditmir Bushati, December 2025 The new U.S. National Security Strategy has received greater international attention than in the past. It is a presidential report to Congress that outlines the vision, interests, objectives, and policies of the United States for...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy Fear, humiliation, hope - Ditmir Bushati, November 2025 As I was reading the annual reports of the European Commission for the countries aiming to join the EU, along with the enlargement communication, I was reminded of the distinguished narrator and tireless literary craftsman Gabriel Garcia...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy Opportunities from the EU Growth Plan and the “Homework” for the Western Balkans - Celik Rruplli, November 2025 While today all the attention is in Brussels for the New Enlargement Package for candidate countries, where besides the assessment of their level of preparedness, there is interest in the European Commission's view on the feasibility of...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy Albania as a Moderate Contributor to Regional Cooperation - Antonela Dhimolea, November 2025 The role of regional cooperation continues to remain an essential and indispensable factor in strengthening good neighborly relations among the Western Balkan countries, as well as in accelerating their integration into the European...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy How to Act in a Geopolitical Recession - Ditmir Bushati, October 2025 It has been some time since the United Nations has found itself in a difficult situation, becoming a battleground of tensions among the great powers, which constantly hinder diplomacy and effective action, especially in the Security...
Spotlight on Foreign Policy Expansion as a Security Policy - Celik Rruplli, September 2025 The opening of Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech in the European Parliament on September 10, 2025, with the words “Europe is at war,” made global headlines, including in Albania. “A war for a whole and peaceful continent....
