Enri Hide
Research Associate Professor at the European University of Tirana and Executive Director of the Regional Center for Democracy and Security in Albania
Areas of Expertise
Geopolitical dynamics, non-Western influences, international security and religiously motivated terrorism in the Western Balkans and Southeastern Europe
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Rethinking EU Democracy Promotion in the Western Balkans
The EU is still seen as the Western Balkans’ anchor for stability and modernisation. But where reforms remain invisible and institutions remain captured, European support risks strengthening expectations without delivering democratic trust.
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Selective Europeanisation and conditional trust: EU democracy promotion in hybrid Albania
How does EU democracy promotion operate in a country that is firmly pro-European yet persistently hybrid? Drawing on original survey data and process-tracing of EU-funded justice and media reforms, this paper argues that selective trust and informal power mediate Europeanisation in Albania, shaping how citizens experience reform, allocate credibility, and engage with EU-linked institutions
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External engagement in the Western Balkans
Summary This paper grapples with several questions central to the RE-ENGAGE research agenda: How do geopolitical shifts and interventions by non-Western actors affect the commitments of Serbia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina to building functional democracy and these countries’ aspirations for EU integration? To what extent, and by what…
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Hybridity and hybrid regimes in the Western Balkans in a time of war and increased geopolitical tensions
This paper examines the hybrid governance in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Albania, focusing on their capacity for democratic resilience and the effectiveness of EU democracy promotion, with attention to electoral systems, political parties, judicial independence, and media freedom.