About CSE
We are firmly committed to the highest standards of academic publishing, such as rigorous double-blind peer review, and to making research accessible to a wide audience. Due to the rising cost of academic journals subscriptions, as well as the financial restraints on many libraries across Southeastern Europe (the key geographic focus of this journal), it is our objective to make high quality research widely available to researchers free of charge.
Contemporary Southeastern Europe is an interdisciplinary journal covering the recent past and the present in Southeastern Europe. We welcome contributions from a variety of disciplines, such as political science, history, law, sociology, economics, cultural studies, gender studies and anthropology, as well as interdisciplinary research.
In accord with the interdisciplinary scope of our journal, we encourage authors to write their texts in a manner that is accessible to different disciplines and to avoid excessive jargon. The geographical scope essentially includes the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, and Turkey. The journal particularly welcomes research that situates these countries in a broader inter- and transnational context. The contemporary focus of our journal ranges from the end of state socialism to the present day. Nonetheless, the journal strives to publish historical research too if it aids the understanding of current affairs. In addition to research articles, the journal publishes analyses of current events and elections.
All articles are published as soon as they have been peer-reviewed, edited, and proofread. The issue of "bottlenecks" that often occurs with conventional journals therefore does not apply to Contemporary Southeastern Europe.
Contemporary Southeastern Europe 2026, 13 (1)
Current Issue
Past Issues:
Special issue : Southeast Europe in the Shadow of the Russia–Ukraine War: Security, Identity, and Geopolitics
Special issue Editors: Armina Galijaš Branimir StaletovićOperation Storm’s 30th Anniversary in Croatia: Narratives and Counter-Narratives
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de MenezesSerbian audiences’ news consumption and choosing sides in the Russia-Ukraine war
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković SlavnićHow Serbia’s National Identity Shapes Its International Positioning Amidst the War in Ukraine: Hollow Neutrality as a Poor Imitation of Yugoslavia’s Non-Alignment
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip BalunovićI want it all and I want it now: Russian Invasion of Ukraine and its Security Implications for Southeast Europe
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra StojarováRenewed geopolitical tensions and security policy implications for small states in Southeast Europe
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica JakeševićHistorical Heritage and the Future of Serbia’s Nuclear Energy: Dependence, Sovereignty, and Geopolitical Implications
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko MiljkovićAnother Brick in the (Russian) Wall: Graffiti Propaganda in Serbia
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina VučetićBetween Red and White or Red, Blue and White? Assessing Delije’s Role as a Russian Proxy on Telegram
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra StojarováAutocratic Legalism in Kosovo? Democratic backsliding under the Vetëvendosje (LVV)
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert MuharremiKicking the Nation into Being: Sport, Myth, and the Making of a Malleable Hero in post-Yugoslav Croatia
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario BrentinAlbanians Ante Portas: Representation of Albanian Migrants in the British Media
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina BegajThe 2024/2025 Croatian Presidential Election
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg“Nisi nadležan”: How a Student Movement Dictates Political Change in Serbia (2024/2025)
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina BeširevićKosovo’s 2025 Election: Party System ‘Decartelisation,’ Uncertainties with Government Formation, and Uneasiness with Trump
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina Beširević Artan MustafaAn Autoethnographic Account of the Anti-Corruption Student Protests in Serbia 2024/25
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina Beširević Artan Mustafa Aleksandra KneževićPerforming Peace, Reframing Power: Öcalan’s Ceasefire Call and the Post-Conflict Imaginary in Kurdish Politics, the End of PKK?
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina Beširević Artan Mustafa Aleksandra Knežević Gabriele LeoneA Very Complex Organism: Industrial Films on “3. maj” and “Brodosplit” Shipyards
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina Beširević Artan Mustafa Aleksandra Knežević Gabriele Leone Andrea MatoševićBorderland Narratives and Regional Identity: The Role of Security Stereotypes in Shaping Discourses on EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina Beširević Artan Mustafa Aleksandra Knežević Gabriele Leone Andrea Matošević Ivana MilićevićAlbanian Parliamentary Election: The Source of Rama’s Landslide Victory
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina Beširević Artan Mustafa Aleksandra Knežević Gabriele Leone Andrea Matošević Ivana Milićević Rigels LenjaSymbolic Resistance and Ecclesiastical Silence: The SOC and the 2024–25 Student Protests
Armina Galijaš Branimir Staletović Gustavo Oliveira Teles de Menezes Igor Išpanović Jelena Kleut Vujo Ilić Danka Ninković Slavnić Filip Balunović Věra Stojarová Ružica Jakešević Marko Miljković Radina Vučetić Bart Brettschneider Věra Stojarová Robert Muharremi Dario Brentin Aleksandar Pavlović Romina Begaj Oliver Kannenberg Katarina Beširević Artan Mustafa Aleksandra Knežević Gabriele Leone Andrea Matošević Ivana Milićević Rigels Lenja Nikola GajićSpecial issue : Visual Studies in and on Southeast Europe: Representation, Power, Memory and Gender in Photography and Film / Ethnologia Balkanica, Vol. 24
Special issue Editors: Elife Krasniqi Robert PichlerVisual Studies in and on Southeastern Europe. Introduction
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert PichlerAn Album for Tito. Belonging, Transnational Unity, and Social Critique in a Photo Album by the Yugoslav Worker’s Club Jedinstvo Vienna
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida BakondyVisual Memory and Identity: A Case Study of the Greek-Speaking Refugees from Sinasos, Anatolia
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida Bakondy Ioannis KarachristosImage as a Propaganda Tool? Visual Representations of the ‘New Man’ in History Textbooks of the Socialist Era
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida Bakondy Ioannis Karachristos Esilda Luku“A Modest Soldier in the Great Army of Communists”: Visual Representations of Women in Ceaușescu’s Romania
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida Bakondy Ioannis Karachristos Esilda Luku Petruța TeampăuThe National Folklore Festival of Gjirokastër: An Analysis of its Audiovisual Representation
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida Bakondy Ioannis Karachristos Esilda Luku Petruța Teampău Mikaela Minga(In)visible Landscapes of Migration: Corporality of the Image in The Passage
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida Bakondy Ioannis Karachristos Esilda Luku Petruța Teampău Mikaela Minga Boris Ružić Marija KatalinićSelling the Otherness – the Stereotyped Image of the Balkan in Serbian Art of the Early 2000s
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida Bakondy Ioannis Karachristos Esilda Luku Petruța Teampău Mikaela Minga Boris Ružić Marija Katalinić Milena JokanovićTurkish TV Dramas, Visual ‘Seduction’, and the Cultural Diplomacy
Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Elife Krasniqi Robert Pichler Vida Bakondy Ioannis Karachristos Esilda Luku Petruța Teampău Mikaela Minga Boris Ružić Marija Katalinić Milena Jokanović Milena Benovska
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