{"id":5938,"date":"2020-09-29T12:23:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T10:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2022-06-08T13:30:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T11:30:51","slug":"foreign-authoritarian-influence-in-the-western-balkans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/foreign-authoritarian-influence-in-the-western-balkans\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Authoritarian Influence in the Western Balkans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5938\" class=\"elementor elementor-5938\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30e97c37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30e97c37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42d4d542\" data-id=\"42d4d542\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2eb38c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b2eb38c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project sets out to create a tool for detailedly measuring hostile influence by authoritarian states, such as the Russian Federation, the Chinese People\u2019s Republic, Turkey and the Gulf states. In particular, the project aims at understanding the nature and quantifying the degree of authoritarian influence in the Western Balkan region, specifically in North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The present report is a part of a project titled Understanding and Responding to Foreign Malign Influence and was supported by the National Endowment for Democracy. The co-authors of the report are Anida \u0160abanovi\u0107, Mahir Sijamija and Haris \u0106utahija (Foreign Policy Initiative BH), Milena Gvozdenovi\u0107 (Center for Democratic Transition), Marko Pankovski (Institute for Democracy \u201eSocietas Civilis\u201d), Dorka Tak\u00e1csy and Dominik Istrate (Political Capital), Veronika V\u00edchov\u00e1 (European Values).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cec68da elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cec68da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/foreign_authoritarian_influence_in_the_western_balkans_2020_09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download in English<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project sets out to create a tool for detailedly measuring hostile influence by authoritarian states, such as the Russian Federation, the Chinese People\u2019s Republic, Turkey and the Gulf states. 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