Nikola Mikovic is a Serbian freelance journalist whose work has been published around the world. He covers Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and political developments in the Balkans.Previously, Nikola was a reporter at the Politika daily newspaper, the oldest such newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans.
Armenia – a landlocked Caucasus nation that effectively lost the war against its archenemy Azerbaijan in the fall of 2020 – is struggling to preserve remnants of its sovereignty. Faced with...
Relations between the West and Belarus will be unlikely to be the same after the country’s President Alexander Lukashenko reportedly ordered its security services to force a Ryanair plane, flying...
Balkan nations remain divided decades after the Yugoslav Wars. Traditionally, ethnic and religious divisions dominate most Balkan societies and have become the way of life in the region whose...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, has reportedly started preparations for a transition of power. After Russia effectively helped him thwart the...
Myanmar seems to be on the verge of a full-blown civil war. The energy-rich country has long been prey for various regional and global actors, including Russia. What are Moscow’s ambitions in the...
“Russia is preparing an offensive against Ukraine. Putin wants more land grab. It is a matter of time before Ukraine starts a military offensive against Russia-backed Donbass. Kiev wants to expel...
In the era of a new Cold War, the internet is facing fragmentation, which means that bans, censorship and limitations seem to be inevitable. Russia has already started throttling Twitter’s...
Democracy is in crisis around the world, and nowhere is that more visible than in Central Asia – a region that is facing the rise of the populist authoritarians. For major global and regional...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling the Eastern European country since 1994, is trying to find a way to stay in charge for as long as possible. By the end of the year, the...
Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria could become another point of confrontation between Russia and the West. The former Soviet Republic will hold early parliamentary elections on February 24...
