Former Combatants, Democracy, and Institution-Building in Transitory Societies: Kosovo and North Macedonia

This book explores the long-term impact on democracy and institution-building in post-conflict and transitory societies, stemming from the political integration of former combatants of intra-state armed groups.

Armend Bekaj is a Researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), Uppsala University in Sweden. He combines academic and policy experience on peace and conflict, and democracy versus autocracy, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. For the past three years he has also been working at Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC) at DPCR, focusing on the role of sanctions on disarmament and non-proliferation.