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 (2)
Current Issue
Special issue :"In, Out and In Between": Migration, Demographic Change, Belonging, and Social Transformation in Southeastern Europe
Special issue Editors: Robert Pichler Danijela Birt KatićRobert Pichler Danijela Birt Katić
Desislava Pileva Ivaylo Markov
Filipina Migrant Women in Kosovo: Navigating the challenges of dual discrimination
Albanian and Kosovan healthcare migration: Motives for emigrating to Germany
Bordering and Bounding Identity: Rethinking the Notion of ‘Minority Return’
Ruth Vollmer Selina Engelberth
On the Liminal State and Its Entanglements with Mass Migration and Rural Areas in Albania
Caroline Hornstein Tomić Janine Pinkow-Läpple Ana Budimir
Marriage migrations of women in Kosovo, Albania, and Serbia in comparative perspective
Siegfried Gruber Daniel Armin Đumić
The social life of a migrant photo archive: Jovan Ritopečki’s images of Yugoslav workers in Austria
Past Issues:
‘Behind the Veil of EU Enlargement’. Kin-State Politics and the Securitisation of National Minorities in the Greek-Albanian Dispute
Vida Bakondy Alessandro IeranòPartial Local Elections in Albania: Continued Socialist Party Dominance and an Unconventional Opposition Strategy
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza XhaferajFiume o morte! How much Fascism?
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza Xhaferaj Katarina PeovićThe Path Not Taken: An Alternative Perspective to the Greek Financial Crisis
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza Xhaferaj Katarina Peović John Marangos Themis AnthrakidisTargeting Journalists in Serbia: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Threats, Intimidation and Resistance
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza Xhaferaj Katarina Peović John Marangos Themis Anthrakidis Dinko GruhonjićWhy Albania Has No Stable Culture-War Cleavage: Moral Conservatism, Generational Change, and Weak Partisan Differentiation
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza Xhaferaj Katarina Peović John Marangos Themis Anthrakidis Dinko Gruhonjić Blendi ÇekaHierarchies in Public Memory in post-war Kosovo: The Organisation of Memorialisation from Below
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza Xhaferaj Katarina Peović John Marangos Themis Anthrakidis Dinko Gruhonjić Blendi Çeka Elife KrasniqiStrategic Autonomy of Small States in the Western Balkans vis-à-vis Great-Power Projections
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza Xhaferaj Katarina Peović John Marangos Themis Anthrakidis Dinko Gruhonjić Blendi Çeka Elife Krasniqi Denur PaçakuEuropean Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Interest-Driven Diffusion of Türkiye’s Climate Law
Vida Bakondy Alessandro Ieranò Ervis Iljazaj Anjeza Xhaferaj Katarina Peović John Marangos Themis Anthrakidis Dinko Gruhonjić Blendi Çeka Elife Krasniqi Denur Paçaku Defne Günay Reyhan Gülcü Çelik Öykü Erdem Hazel KaracaSpecial 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 Gajić
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