Tefta Kelmendi
Deputy Director, Wider Europe at ECFR
Areas of Expertise
Post-conflict state building; security and protracted conflicts in the Western Balkans and eastern neighbourhood; Kosovo-Serbia conflict
Languages
Albanian, English, French, Italian
Tefta Kelmendi is the deputy director for the Wider Europe programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Kelmendi’s research centres on EU policy in the eastern neighbourhood and the Western Balkans, with a particular focus on EU enlargement and democracy promotion. It also incorporates security issues and protracted conflicts in the Western Balkans and select countries within the eastern neighbourhood.
Prior to joining ECFR, Kelmendi served as a diplomat at the Kosovo embassy in France, where she was responsible for Kosovo’s relations with French-speaking countries, Kosovo’s international recognition, and its integration in international organisations. She has previous experience working with the Ministry of European Integration in Kosovo on human rights policies, with a particular focus on minority rights and integration. Kelmendi holds a master’s degree in international security from Sciences Po – Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA).
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The interest of values: The EU’s democracy promotion in the Western Balkans and the eastern neighbourhood
This paper examines the policies and instruments the EU has deployed to promote democracy in the Western Balkans and the eastern neighbourhood
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Separate to integrate: EU enlargement and the trouble with bilateral disputes
That EU enlargement is a geopolitical imperative is no longer in doubt. But to make enlargement happen, the EU may need to decouple bilateral disputes from the accession process.