After a breakthrough in the Balkans, the Republic of North Macedonia has a new name and its sights set on integration with the European Union and NATO. What is the path ahead, how do the complicated politics of the region affect its prospects, and what is America’s role in all of this? Featuring GMF’s senior fellow Jonathan Katz, Radmila Šekerinska, North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; and Gordana Delic, the director of GMF’s Belgrade-based Balkan Trust for Democracy
After a diplomatic breakthrough in the turbulent Balkans, the Republic of North Macedonia has a new name and its sights set on integration with the European Union and NATO. What is the path ahead for the potential future NATO member state, how do the complicated politics of the region affect its prospects, and what is America’s role in all of this?
At the German Marshall Fund's Brussels Forum held earlier this summer, GMF’s senior fellow Jonathan Katz sat down with two preeminent voices in the region-- Radmila Šekerinska, North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; along with Gordana Delic, the director of GMF’s Belgrade-based Balkan Trust for Democracy—to discuss these topics and more.