Pierre Crom/Getty Images. The United States’ 2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, released earlier this week, underscores a range of persistent and evolving threats to U.S national and international security. The report identifies several key state actors, including Russia, Iran, China, and Pakistan, as significant challenges to both domestic and international stability. In its evaluation of Russia’s relationship with European states, the assessme

WB30 welcomes the Vučić–Rama late February Op-Ed as a sign that the region's leaders are finally speaking with one voice — but urges the EU to think bigger: collective, full accession for all six Western Balkan states, now. Photo: Tanjug/Jadranka Ilic The joint op-ed published late last month in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is a landmark moment for Western Balkan diplomacy. For the first time, le

Charles Platiau / Reuters A spokesperson for the European Commission stated that the Commission is assisting Western Balkan countries in aligning with EU roaming regulations, a necessary step toward joining the EU roaming area. Following the Council of the European Union’s approval of a proposal to integrate the Western Balkan states into the EU’s “Roam Like at Home” framework, the Commission will begin negotiating agreements with the relevant countries. This initiative repre

Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP / dpa EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas used her annual address at the European Union Ambassadors Conference on Tuesday to make a pointed case for accelerating enlargement, describing it as "the antidote to Russian imperialism" and a sign that "the most ambitious multilateral project in history — the European Union — is here to stay." The remarks will be welcomed in Western Balkan capitals, where governments have long grown frustrated with an ac

Source: European Commission Dear Kaja, Secretary-General, dear Belén, Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen,   It is a pleasure to once again see so many of you here in the room. And I would like to start by thanking and paying tribute to all of those who could not be here in person. I am thinking in particular of those posted across the Middle East working round the clock to get European citizens back home, to liaise with our allies and partners in the region, and to keep our o