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When Women Reach the Top, but Power Remains the Same

This may seem like a slightly belated reaction to India’s President’s visit to Macedonia 20-23 July. Yet the event deserves a brief reflection...

06.08.2026 20

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Biljana Vankovska

The Abstraction of War: Ukraine, Proxy Dynamics, and the Erasure of the Working Class

The history of warfare shows that conflicts end either with a clear victory by one side or through negotiations when both face the exhaustion of...

21.07.2026 10

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Biljana Vankovska

“We Are in a Good Place”: NATO, Europe and the Dangerous Illusion of Nuclear Security

‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte described the state of the...

14.07.2026 10

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Five Points for Peace: Why China’s Iran Initiative Missed the Headlines?

China’s conduct in the UN Security Council often disappoints those who expect it to openly confront what they see as an unrestrained American...

08.04.2026 20

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Do We Recognize a Global War When We See One?

A few days ago, I had the honor of participating in an international webinar organized by SHAPE—Serving Humanity and Planet Earth. As its name...

24.03.2026 50

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From Instinct to Theory: A Left in Search of Itself

Having spent roughly half my life in a socialist system (with Yugoslav characteristics), I am nonetheless struck by how few consistent leftists remain...

23.01.2026 40

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Mujo in Iran

Anyone from the former Yugoslavia will immediately understand the title. Mujo is a legendary (though fictional) Bosnian character, the protagonist...

21.01.2026 30

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What Does Venezuela Have to Do With Taiwan?

The New Year did not begin with hope or joy, except for the arms dealers. More precisely, for the military-industrial-media-academic-NGO complex that...

15.01.2026 40

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Provoking China Again: Macedonia’s Unlearned Lessons

A familiar drama has resurfaced in Skopje. While I was still in Beijing attending the CASS academic conference on the Belt and Road Initiative, news...

02.12.2025 20

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Biljana Vankovska

The Five-Year Plan for “Beautiful China”

Just days before the second round of local elections in Macedonia, everyone here seems obsessed with one question: who will control the municipalities...

06.11.2025 30

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Another Nobel Prize for War

The flood of angry —and justified— reactions to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, María Corina Machado, reveals less about the...

22.10.2025 30

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A Black Hole in Collective Memory: China and WWII

As China prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over fascism on September 3, 2025, global attention turns to Beijing’s military...

28.08.2025 30

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Biljana Vankovska

Hiroshima Lives On – in Gaza

This year marks another solemn anniversary of the atomic bombings—80 years since the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 120...

11.08.2025 30

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