By Kristiana Filip What is a paradigm? How are eras divided? The word paradigm comes from ancient Greek – paradeigma – (from Albanian it sounds like “pre-knowledge” to me) and means “example” or “model”, but the meaning given to it in the twentieth century is greater. The philosopher Thomas…

By Auron Tare The great William Shakespeare, in his golden age, wrote a masterpiece comedy entitled “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The story takes place in a forest where the witches, the king and the craftsmen who were preparing a play are confused by a magical flower. Just one drop of its juice is enough…

By Fron Nahzi The protests in Albania – dubbed the “Flamingo Revolution” – may have attracted international attention, but they are unlikely to end Prime Minister Edi Rama’s grip on power. Not because Albanians are satisfied. Not because corruption has disappeared. Not because Albanian institutions are any better…

By Enri Çeno One of the biggest distortions of public debate in Albania is the tendency to label any opposition to a major economic project as opposition to development, investment or capitalism. These days, after the protests against the Zvërnec project, a part of the opinion makers who move from one…

By Ylli Manjani There is no greater crisis in a republic than the moment when justice ceases to be a constitutional power and turns into a parallel order. This is exactly what we have built in the 2016 Constitution. Not a justice system that balances powers, but an architecture that has taken itself out…

By Melisa Braci Sovereignty, in its modern sense, is no longer a legal state, but a way of existing in time. The state is not defined by the borders it declares, but by its ability to withstand the disruption of the order that surrounds it. It is not measured in stability, but in…

By Besmira Manaj Illegal migration is a symptom of poor governance and poor coordination, not the root cause. The debate in the UK over illegal migration has become increasingly narrow. Too often, migration itself is treated as the main problem rather than as a visible result…

By Eduard Halimi When I heard a few days ago that a team of Italian-Greek lawyers was being hired to draft the urgent intervention of Article 242, it seemed like an interesting idea to me. When you have a big problem at your doorstep (and the problem is not small because no one in the government signs anymore)…

By Enri Çeno The initiative to “privatize tenders” in an institution like AKSHI, right at the height of a serious corruption scandal that has shocked public opinion, is not just politically wrong; it is deeply institutionally irresponsible and alarming from a national security perspective. When a member state…

By Auron Tare “Verba volant, scripta manent” “the written remains, the words are carried away by the wind” In the city of Farmington Hills, in the state of Michigan, there is one of the most famous museums in the USA, the “Zekelman Holocaust Center”. Built by the Jewish community that escaped the European massacre, this museum has been transformed into…