A generation on the move: how the brain drain is reshaping the Western Balkans

A generation on the move: how the brain drain is reshaping the Western Balkans

‘[Y]oung people continue to seek their happiness beyond the borders of their homeland’Originally published on Global VoicesPoster for braindrain.org.mk, a 2001 initiative documenting the brain drain in North Macedonia. Photo by Global Voices, used under a CC BY license. This article by Antonija Janevska and Kristina Radović was first published by Reporting Diversity Network (RDN) on April 29, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Globa…

EU security in the Western Balkans - European Security & Defence

he EU's security policy has helped maintain peace in the Western Balkans since the early 2000s, but institutional reforms remain incomplete and external actors are gaining ground. This piece examines where the EU’s efforts have succeeded, and where they have fallen short.