Accurate and thorough coverage by the media (domestic and international) is crucial to the progress of the Balkan region. Thus, an important aspect of The Athens Working Group: Transforming the Balkans is to engage with the media, and by extension the general public.

Our Research Team is available to the media for:

• Articles and op-eds
• Interviews
• Research Projects

Whenever possible, we prefer to receive questions and requests in advance of deadlines and to review editing of our responses so as to assure quality and succinct analyses for your audience. We kindly request that our researchers be referred to as "(Title) for the Athens Working Group: Transforming the Balkans."

To inquire or schedule please send a thorough, succinct media request to:

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(We respond to descriptive e-mails faster than phone calls.)

A sample of our past work with the media:

Articles and Op-Eds

Guide for the International Media and General Public (pdf)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is set to finalize the Alliance’s new Strategic Concept this week at the LisbonSummit (19-20 November). The current Strategic Concept was fashioned in April 1999, heavily influenced by the Alliance’s interventions in former Yugoslavia. Since then, NATO troops have helped keep the peace in the region, Western Balkan countries have contributed hundreds of troops to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and the promise of NATO membership has spurred the countries of the region to adopt security and political reforms that will hopefully consolidate their nascent democracies.

(Photo courtesy of Paul Tomlin)