Natasha Wunsch

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    How Covid-19 is deepening democratic backsliding and geopolitical competition in the Western Balkans

How Covid-19 is deepening democratic backsliding and geopolitical competition in the Western Balkans

Several countries in the Western Balkans have responded to the Covid-19 outbreak with draconian measures that entail a further erosion of democracy, writes Natasha Wunsch. She argues the pandemic is shining a spotlight on the impact of geopolitical competition in the Western Balkans, where authoritarian forces are undermining the EU’s democracy promotion efforts.

The Western Balkans are facing dire economic […]

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May 20th, 2020|current-affairs, EU Foreign Affairs, EU foreign affairs (including defence, development aid and trade) and the European neighbourhood, featured, Natasha Wunsch|0 Comments|
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    How EU conditionality entrenches state capture in the Western Balkans

How EU conditionality entrenches state capture in the Western Balkans

The EU enlargement process in the Western Balkans has fallen short of reproducing the transformative impact it had in Central and Eastern Europe. Solveig Richter and Natasha Wunsch point to state capture as the core obstacle to deep democratisation in the region and argue that EU conditionality not only fails to overcome detrimental governance patterns, but unintentionally contributes to […]

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March 7th, 2019|current-affairs, Elections, party politics and government across Europe, featured, JEPP, Natasha Wunsch, Solveig Richter|3 Comments|
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