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Zgodovinski časopis, Dec 17, 2023
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot "Sv. Kiril i Metodij", Skopje/Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2023
Вопросы политологии, 2024
The article examines the geopolitical influence of the United States and other Western powers on ... more The article examines the geopolitical influence of the United States and other Western powers on the countries of the Western Balkans (WB), as well as their strategies for countering China’s growing presence in the region. The central premise is that the Western Balkans have shifted from being a «near neighborhood» to a battleground of geopolitics and geo-economics. Until recently, the WB was taken for granted and treated as a loyal colony. However, significant changes have occurred both globally and internally. The decline of Western powers, driven by internal crises and overextended military hegemony, is increasingly evident. This decline
is starkly contrasted by the remarkable economic, political, cultural, social, and technological growth of China and other non-Western countries, which have formed various mutual cooperation alliances. News of these developments has reached the EU’s periphery, prompting parts
of Balkan societies, weary of interminable waits in the EU’s waiting halls, to seek alternatives. The process of gaining free access to objective information about non-Western advancements, particularly those in China, is ongoing but slow. In response, the Western hegemon resorts to
propaganda and gaslighting, attempting to vilify Beijing, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the BRICS nations. The tentative conclusion is that populations in the Western Balkans are growing impatient and less willing to wait for the West’s promised «heaven on earth.» While the elites
remain compliant and subservient, segments of society are exploring new paths to shape their own destiny in alignment with the Global Majority
Transatlantic Policy Quarterly, 2024
Annuaire de la Faculté de Philosophie, 2023
All those turning points relate to the resolution of identity conflicts and disputes, both within... more All those turning points relate to the resolution of identity conflicts and disputes, both within the country and with neighbouring states. The purpose of this paper is to prove the hypothesis according to which the replacement of constitutionality as the foundation of the Macedonian state with contractual relations, which are later constitutionalized, leads to statehood erosion. In other words, instead of the Constitution representing a relatively permanent social contract of the citizens in the political community, the three contracts turned it into its opposite. Constitutional changes brought about through coercion and blackmail, that is, from a position of power, through international state building, have gradually created an increasingly weak and unsuccessful state, that is, a provisional state. Such an entity cannot hope to be incorporated into the European Union. More precisely, identity concessions accompanied by the dysfunctional state institutions result in effects contrary to the basic democratic imperatives and the principles contained in the Copenhagen criteria.
Zgodovinski časopis (Historical Review), 2023
Bezbednosni dijalozi, 2010
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2018
Between Past and Present successfully examines the state of civil-military relations in post-Comm... more Between Past and Present successfully examines the state of civil-military relations in post-Communist South East Europe whilst acknowledging the disparity and heterogeneity of the Balkan nations and their military traditions. It is a brave endeavour since the internal political situation of ...
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2022
Bezbednosni dijalozi, 2015
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2021
Вопросы политологии, Oct 27, 2021
Polemos : časopis za interdisciplinarna istraživanja rata i mira, Dec 31, 1999
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Jan 19, 2023
Comparative Southeast European studies, Mar 1, 2008
Zgodovinski časopis, Dec 17, 2023
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot "Sv. Kiril i Metodij", Skopje/Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2023
Вопросы политологии, 2024
The article examines the geopolitical influence of the United States and other Western powers on ... more The article examines the geopolitical influence of the United States and other Western powers on the countries of the Western Balkans (WB), as well as their strategies for countering China’s growing presence in the region. The central premise is that the Western Balkans have shifted from being a «near neighborhood» to a battleground of geopolitics and geo-economics. Until recently, the WB was taken for granted and treated as a loyal colony. However, significant changes have occurred both globally and internally. The decline of Western powers, driven by internal crises and overextended military hegemony, is increasingly evident. This decline
is starkly contrasted by the remarkable economic, political, cultural, social, and technological growth of China and other non-Western countries, which have formed various mutual cooperation alliances. News of these developments has reached the EU’s periphery, prompting parts
of Balkan societies, weary of interminable waits in the EU’s waiting halls, to seek alternatives. The process of gaining free access to objective information about non-Western advancements, particularly those in China, is ongoing but slow. In response, the Western hegemon resorts to
propaganda and gaslighting, attempting to vilify Beijing, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the BRICS nations. The tentative conclusion is that populations in the Western Balkans are growing impatient and less willing to wait for the West’s promised «heaven on earth.» While the elites
remain compliant and subservient, segments of society are exploring new paths to shape their own destiny in alignment with the Global Majority
Transatlantic Policy Quarterly, 2024
Annuaire de la Faculté de Philosophie, 2023
All those turning points relate to the resolution of identity conflicts and disputes, both within... more All those turning points relate to the resolution of identity conflicts and disputes, both within the country and with neighbouring states. The purpose of this paper is to prove the hypothesis according to which the replacement of constitutionality as the foundation of the Macedonian state with contractual relations, which are later constitutionalized, leads to statehood erosion. In other words, instead of the Constitution representing a relatively permanent social contract of the citizens in the political community, the three contracts turned it into its opposite. Constitutional changes brought about through coercion and blackmail, that is, from a position of power, through international state building, have gradually created an increasingly weak and unsuccessful state, that is, a provisional state. Such an entity cannot hope to be incorporated into the European Union. More precisely, identity concessions accompanied by the dysfunctional state institutions result in effects contrary to the basic democratic imperatives and the principles contained in the Copenhagen criteria.
Zgodovinski časopis (Historical Review), 2023
Bezbednosni dijalozi, 2010
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2018
Between Past and Present successfully examines the state of civil-military relations in post-Comm... more Between Past and Present successfully examines the state of civil-military relations in post-Communist South East Europe whilst acknowledging the disparity and heterogeneity of the Balkan nations and their military traditions. It is a brave endeavour since the internal political situation of ...
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2022
Bezbednosni dijalozi, 2015
Godišen zbornik - Filozofski fakultet na Univerzitetot, Skopje, 2021
Вопросы политологии, Oct 27, 2021
Polemos : časopis za interdisciplinarna istraživanja rata i mira, Dec 31, 1999
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Jan 19, 2023
Comparative Southeast European studies, Mar 1, 2008
Македонија е се' што немаме/Macedonia is All We Don't Have, 2021
збирка колумни 2010-2021
Faculty of Philosophy Skopje, 2020
Транзициска правда, 2021
универзитетски учебник/text book
Филозофски факултет, 2011
Војската и демократијата, 1995
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2021
Катерина Тодороска (ур), 150 години од раѓањето на Гоце Делчев, ИНИ: Скопје, 2023
Досегашната расправа во врска со ликот и "припадноста" на Гоце Делчев, особено во рамки на т.н. и... more Досегашната расправа во врска со ликот и "припадноста" на Гоце Делчев, особено во рамки на т.н. историска македонско-бугарска комисија, е одраз на асиметричниот однос на