Berkley Center

Vesko Garčević discusses how the Serbian Orthodox Church is a more influential and powerful institution than any individual political figure, an important node in a network spanning politics, traditional and social media, and academia.

Agon Maliqi explores how Serbia’s non-recognition of Kosovo is an obstacle holding back both countries from advancing in Euro-Atlantic integrations. He argues that keeping the dispute unresolved may be considered a key Russian strategic objective in the region.

In this commentary piece, Denys Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko, and Peter Mandaville assess recent actions by the Ukrainian government to regulate the activities of Russian-aligned religious groups in Ukraine.