The recent sanctions imposed by the UK and its allies on Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich were heralded in some quarters as a long-overdue moral stance against rising extremism within Israel’s leadership. Yet beneath the surface of this headline-grabbing gesture lies a far more calculated and cynical strategy …

Concern is growing over a cyber-security software deal between the Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina and China’s ELINC, owned by a conglomerate sanctioned by the United States over alleged ties to China’s ‘military-industrial complex’. Bypassing regular public procurement procedures, the pro-Russian government of predominantly Serb-populated Republika Srpska signed …

The Republic of Serbia is undergoing a turbulent phase in its socio-political development. The collapse of the canopy at the Novi Sad railway station on 1 November 2024 marked the beginning of a wave of student protests and the blockade of higher education institutions across the country. Classes have been …