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Biography

Islam Jusufi is Researcher based in Skopje, North Macedonia. He served as the Lecturer of Political Science and International Relations at Epoka University, Tirana, Albania (2015-2020), the Head of Department of Political Science and International Relations at Epoka University (2016-2020) and the Head of Academic Evaluation and Quality Improvement Board of Epoka University (2016-2017). Awarded academic title Associate Professor by Tirana University in 2021. Studied Politics at University of Sheffield (PhD) and International Relations at Universities of Amsterdam (Masters), Bilkent (Masters) and Ankara (Bachelor). He worked as Assistant National Security Adviser to the President Trajkovski of North Macedonia (2001-2005) and as adviser to the European Union (2005-2015). He is a founder of Analytica think tank in Skopje. He held fellowships at the Wilson Centre, Washington DC; EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris; ERSTE Stiftung, Vienna; UNESCO, Paris; Centre for Policy Studies, Budapest; and NATO, Brussels. His research interests relate to international, European and Balkan politics and security studies. He is appointed as alternate of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government in the Council of Europe.

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Employment (4)

Researcher in political science and international relations: Skopje, MK

2020-09-01 to present | Researcher (Political Sciences and International Relations)
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Epoka University: Tirana, AL

2016-09-01 to 2020-08-31 | Head of Department (Political Science and International Relations)
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Epoka University: Tirana, AL

2015-09-01 to 2020-08-31 | Lecturer (Political Science and International Relations)
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Epoka University: Tirana, AL

2016-01-03 to 2017-12-31 | Head (Academic Evaluation and Quality Improvement Board)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Tirana: Tirana, AL

2021-05-05 | Associate Professor/Assoc. Prof. Dr./Habilitation (Faculty of Social Sciences)
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The University of Sheffield: Sheffield, Sheffield, GB

2003-10-01 to 2011-10-01 | PhD (Politics)
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University of Amsterdam: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

1999-09-01 to 2000-06-15 | Masters (International Relations)
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Professional activities (2)

Flensburg University: Flensburg, DE

International Adviser (European Wasatia - Graduate School for Peace and Conflict Resolution)
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Council of Europe: Strasbourg, FR

Alternate (Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government)
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Works (26)

Albania’s “Religious Harmony” Diplomacy

The Review of Faith & International Affairs
2024-12-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Tainted Democracy. Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary

Europe-Asia Studies
2024-09-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Good Neighbourly Relations: Norm Emergence and Adoption

Journal of Borderlands Studies
2024-08-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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NATO Ministries of Defense and Transparency of Job Roles of Civilian Personnel: Openness or Secrecy?

Democracy and Security
2024-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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“Cyber as sovereignty space: state transformation in the periphery of Europe”

Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe
2023-09-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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The EU’s International Relations in the Practice of Criticizing the Human Rights Record of Russia

Journal of Human Rights Practice
2023-08-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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How the EU-induced Institutional Changes Facilitated Patronage over and Capture of Judiciary in North Macedonia

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85124886301

Part of ISSN: 19448961 19448953
Contributors: Jusufi, I.
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grade
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North Macedonia: Local elections and parliamentary political dynamics

The Routledge Handbook of Local Elections and Voting in Europe
2022 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85136468536

Contributors: Kreci, V.; Jusufi, I.
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Reversibility of Illiberalism The Case of North Macedonia

Southeastern Europe
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85142310354

Part of ISSN: 18763332 00944467
Contributors: Jusufi, I.
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Uncertainty, fragmentation, and international obligations as shaping influences: Cyber security policy development in Albania

Cyber Security Politics: Socio-Technological Transformations and Political Fragmentation
2022 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85136900264

Contributors: Jusufi, I.
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Women as an Emerging Actor in Peace and Security: The Impact of UNSCR 1325 in Albania

Journal of Regional Security
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85133569795

Part of ISSN: 24060364 2217995X
Contributors: Jusufi, I.; Shehi, R.Z.; Zeka, J.V.
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North Macedonia

The Routledge Handbook of Local Elections and Voting in Europe
2022-01 | Other
Contributors: Veli Kreci; Islam Jusufi
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Uncertainty, fragmentation, and international obligations as shaping influences: Cyber security policy development in Albania

Cyber Security Politics
2022-01-18 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781003110224
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grade
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An Analysis of Public Discourse on Albania’s Transitional Justice System

Discourse and Conflict
2021 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783030764845
Part of ISBN: 9783030764852
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The Role of the Albanian Community in the European Integration Process of North Macedonia

International Relations and Area Studies: Focus on Western Balkans
2021 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-606-37-1323-3
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Islam Jusufi

The Death of the European Agency for Reconstruction: A Peculiar Case of Termination of the Agencies of the European Union

Croatian and comparative public administration: a journal for theory and practice of public administration
2021-12-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1849-2150
Part of ISSN: 1848-0357
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grade
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When Informal Institutions Change. Institutional Reforms and Informal Practices in the Former Soviet Union

Europe-Asia Studies
2019-02-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Clientelism and informality in Albania

Eastern Journal of European Studies
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85054016457

Part of ISSN: 20686633 2068651X
Contributors: Jusufi, I.
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Reconceptualising the security in discourse: inclusive security and popular protests

Journal of Multicultural Discourses
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85058109201

Part of ISSN: 17447143
Contributors: Jusufi, I.
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Building Democracy in the Yugoslav Successor States. Accomplishments, Setbacks, Challenges since 1990

Europe-Asia Studies
2018-08-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0966-8136
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Performing Nostalgia. Migration Culture and Creativity in South Albania

Südosteuropa
2018-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2364-933X
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Albania's Transformation since 1997: Successes and failures

Croatian International Relations Review
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85017310157

Contributors: Jusufi, I.
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Protest in Putin’s Russia

Europe-Asia Studies
2017-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0966-8136
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Aid and its impact on domestic change: the case of police reforms in Macedonia

Development Policy Review
2017-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Human Rights in the EU’s Conditionality Policy Towards Albania: The Practice of Sub-committee Meetings

Intersections
2017-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2416-089X
Contributors: Islam Jusufi
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Youth politicization and de-politicization in contemporary Albania

Changing Youth Values in Southeast Europe
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Part of ISBN: 9781315111049
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