Rome – Lecture at Nato Defense College: Lessons from the Balkans - Intervention, stability and forecasting

Marilena Koppa and Gerald Knaus. Photo: ESI

ESI's Gerald Knaus delivered a lecture at the NATO Defense College in Rome on the Western Balkans to an audience of 74 military officers and government officials from 30 countries.

He provided an overview of the political, social, and economic issues and dynamics in the Western Balkans and talked about lessons from past interventions in the Balkans and associated risks. His lecture was part of a panel with Marilena Koppa (GRC), from the Pantelon University of Athens, Greece.

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