Islam Jusufi
Biographic Data
| ID | 805735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Islam Jusufi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Islam |
| FAMILY NAME | Jusufi |
| SIGNATURE | JUSUFI I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Epoka University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0437-3819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Vevchani: Sovereignty Claim, Benefits and Consequences
There has been a lively debate in the international relations literature on issues of sovereignty. Among the areas of increasing discussion are the processes of claiming sovereignty. Although attempts to claim sovereignty have been contested, there remains a tendency to create new spaces with sovereign characteristics. This has become important, as the attainment of sovereignty has been perceived as a means of strengthening the chances for politi…
Building integrity: Emergence of a norm in fighting corruption in defence sector
Albania’s “Religious Harmony” Diplomacy
There is a consensus across the Albanian political spectrum that religious harmony is an area in which a new image of Albania should be promoted in a post-2001 world. As a result, the authorities have promoted religious harmony as a symbol of Albania. This article attempts to examine the ways through which Albania has sought to present itself internationally through the use of religious moderation. It argues that while Albania’s promotion of reli…
An Analysis of Albania’s Encounter with International Criminal Justice
This article aims to provide an account on Albania’s encounter with international criminal justice, reflecting on the data collected under EU cost Action ca 18228 and the States’ Scoping Survey. It looks at how Albania has engaged or not engaged with international criminal justice, in relevant provisions of domestic law, in its level of support and cooperation with international and hybrid courts, in domestic prosecutions of international crimes,…
Hybridity and a Composite Regime in the Judiciary Governance of Albania: Subcontracting Justice to International Advice
This article examines strategies used in coping with domestic legitimacy crises in Albania. In these crises, blending national with international governance became a resource for governance interventions. Although prevailing approaches to state building and to judiciary governance have continued to follow Westphalian or Weberian paradigms, which characterize the state by its monopoly over judicial authority, Albania has faced difficulties in impl…
Choosing to Reform the Judiciary: Why Albania’s Political Actors Became Engaged in Anti-Corruption
When and why would a government decide to tackle corruption? Several countries around the world have embarked on an effort to combat corruption. These fights are primarily the result of several domestic and international factors that have brought an understanding and urgency to prevail over corruption. The study of past cases has increased our knowledge about the need to fight corruption. However, a particular focus on reasons, motives and explan…
Good Neighbourly Relations: Norm Emergence and Adoption
This article studies the politics of regional cooperation and regionalism, with particular attention to "good neighbourly relations", which has emerged as a new concept in the field. Since the early 1990s, the Balkan countries have pursued attempts to link with each other in regional platforms and networks. Applying the concept of "good neighbourly relations", this article seeks to reveal how the countries of the region have pursued regional coop…
Cyber as sovereignty space: State transformation in the periphery of Europe”
The debates over cyberspace and digitalization and their impact over sovereignty have recently had lively discussions in the literature of international relations. This sovereignty debate in the periphery of Europe regarding cyberspace is emerging and it has become an area in which national authorities have sought to claim their share. The paper analyses cyberspace and digitalization and how they have affected the understanding of sovereignty ove…
The EU’s International Relations in the Practice of Criticizing the Human Rights Record of Russia
The European Union’s international relations are organized into a series of practices that regulate its relationships with the third states, including with Russia. The primary practice is that of ‘criticizing’ the human rights record of Russia, and this represents a major part of the EU’s engagement with Russia. This article analyses the practice of EU criticism of Russia regarding its implementation of human rights norms and values as a case whi…
Nato Ministries of Defense and Transparency of Job Roles of Civilian Personnel: Openness or Secrecy
The transparency of the job roles of civilian personnel has emerged as an important aspect to consider in the framework of the transformation of the ministries or departments of defense in NATO member countries, but also in non-NATO countries. Acknowledged internationally as significant to successful and democratic policy-making, defense ministries are expected to ensure an increased openness toward the public. This article concentrates on the jo…
The Nexus of Judiciary Power and Corruption in Albania: Strategies of Defiance and Evasions
The article aims to study the actions of the network of elite members of a society in diverting financial flows. It is about the way the judiciary elite of a postcommunist and transitional society of Albania has practiced corruption. Prior and during the vetting or reevaluation process of the judges and prosecutors for integrity, ethics, and competence launched in 2017, it has uncovered the scale and luxury involved in the corruptive practices of…
How the EU-induced Institutional Changes Facilitated Patronage over and Capture of Judiciary in North Macedonia
Extensive reforms were undertaken to tackle the inefficiencies in judiciary in the Southeast European country of North Macedonia. The EU asked North Macedonia, as a candidate country for EU membership, to undertake intensive judiciary reforms. However, these reforms were not sufficient to eradicate and prevent patronage practices regarding the judiciary by the ruling political parties. Instead, contestation accompanied judiciary reforms. This art…
Reversibility of Illiberalism: The Case of North Macedonia
From 2006 to 2016, North Macedonia experienced a period of democratic backsliding and illiberalism. Following the elections of 2016 and the rise of the opposition Social Democrats to power, these tendencies seem to have reversed, and the country seems headed towards a liberal democratic path. The expectation that illiberalism is resilient and difficult to eradicate has been proven wrong. Various sources have been identified in the literature as t…
When Informal Institutions Change. Institutional Reforms and Informal Practices in the Former Soviet Union
Informality, and informal institutions and practices, are vital to understanding the transformation and functioning of post-Soviet states and societies. Following the collapse of the Soviet state
Reconceptualising the security in discourse: Inclusive security and popular protests
International security is organized in a series of practices that seek to define and respond to security threats in a particular geography or threats and risks emanating from an issue of importance to international security. The major practices in this regard have been both exclusive and inclusive policies addressing security threats and risks. Increasingly, inclusive security policies are not an exception to security practices of the states. Wit…
Building Democracy in the Yugoslav Successor States. Accomplishments, Setbacks, Challenges since 1990
Performing Nostalgia. Migration Culture and Creativity in South Albania
Protest in Putin’s Russia
The years 2011–2013 saw the largest recent outburst of political protest in post-Soviet Russia. The emphasis of this book is on the political, social and artistic aspects of those protests. The wor
Reconceptualising the security in discourse: Inclusive security and popular protests
International security is organized in a series of practices that seek to define and respond to security threats in a particular geography or threats and risks emanating from an issue of importance to international security. The major practices in this regard have been both exclusive and inclusive policies addressing security threats and risks. Increasingly, inclusive security policies are not an exception to security practices of the states. Wit…
Good Neighbourly Relations: Norm Emergence and Adoption
This article studies the politics of regional cooperation and regionalism, with particular attention to "good neighbourly relations", which has emerged as a new concept in the field. Since the early 1990s, the Balkan countries have pursued attempts to link with each other in regional platforms and networks. Applying the concept of "good neighbourly relations", this article seeks to reveal how the countries of the region have pursued regional coop…
The Nexus of Judiciary Power and Corruption in Albania: Strategies of Defiance and Evasions
The article aims to study the actions of the network of elite members of a society in diverting financial flows. It is about the way the judiciary elite of a postcommunist and transitional society of Albania has practiced corruption. Prior and during the vetting or reevaluation process of the judges and prosecutors for integrity, ethics, and competence launched in 2017, it has uncovered the scale and luxury involved in the corruptive practices of…
When Informal Institutions Change. Institutional Reforms and Informal Practices in the Former Soviet Union
Informality, and informal institutions and practices, are vital to understanding the transformation and functioning of post-Soviet states and societies. Following the collapse of the Soviet state
Protest in Putin’s Russia
The years 2011–2013 saw the largest recent outburst of political protest in post-Soviet Russia. The emphasis of this book is on the political, social and artistic aspects of those protests. The wor
Protest in Putin’s Russia
The years 2011–2013 saw the largest recent outburst of political protest in post-Soviet Russia. The emphasis of this book is on the political, social and artistic aspects of those protests. The wor
Reconceptualising the security in discourse: Inclusive security and popular protests
International security is organized in a series of practices that seek to define and respond to security threats in a particular geography or threats and risks emanating from an issue of importance to international security. The major practices in this regard have been both exclusive and inclusive policies addressing security threats and risks. Increasingly, inclusive security policies are not an exception to security practices of the states. Wit…
Building Democracy in the Yugoslav Successor States. Accomplishments, Setbacks, Challenges since 1990
Performing Nostalgia. Migration Culture and Creativity in South Albania
When Informal Institutions Change. Institutional Reforms and Informal Practices in the Former Soviet Union
Informality, and informal institutions and practices, are vital to understanding the transformation and functioning of post-Soviet states and societies. Following the collapse of the Soviet state
How the EU-induced Institutional Changes Facilitated Patronage over and Capture of Judiciary in North Macedonia
Extensive reforms were undertaken to tackle the inefficiencies in judiciary in the Southeast European country of North Macedonia. The EU asked North Macedonia, as a candidate country for EU membership, to undertake intensive judiciary reforms. However, these reforms were not sufficient to eradicate and prevent patronage practices regarding the judiciary by the ruling political parties. Instead, contestation accompanied judiciary reforms. This art…
Reversibility of Illiberalism: The Case of North Macedonia
From 2006 to 2016, North Macedonia experienced a period of democratic backsliding and illiberalism. Following the elections of 2016 and the rise of the opposition Social Democrats to power, these tendencies seem to have reversed, and the country seems headed towards a liberal democratic path. The expectation that illiberalism is resilient and difficult to eradicate has been proven wrong. Various sources have been identified in the literature as t…
Cyber as sovereignty space: State transformation in the periphery of Europe”
The debates over cyberspace and digitalization and their impact over sovereignty have recently had lively discussions in the literature of international relations. This sovereignty debate in the periphery of Europe regarding cyberspace is emerging and it has become an area in which national authorities have sought to claim their share. The paper analyses cyberspace and digitalization and how they have affected the understanding of sovereignty ove…
The EU’s International Relations in the Practice of Criticizing the Human Rights Record of Russia
The European Union’s international relations are organized into a series of practices that regulate its relationships with the third states, including with Russia. The primary practice is that of ‘criticizing’ the human rights record of Russia, and this represents a major part of the EU’s engagement with Russia. This article analyses the practice of EU criticism of Russia regarding its implementation of human rights norms and values as a case whi…
Nato Ministries of Defense and Transparency of Job Roles of Civilian Personnel: Openness or Secrecy
The transparency of the job roles of civilian personnel has emerged as an important aspect to consider in the framework of the transformation of the ministries or departments of defense in NATO member countries, but also in non-NATO countries. Acknowledged internationally as significant to successful and democratic policy-making, defense ministries are expected to ensure an increased openness toward the public. This article concentrates on the jo…
The Nexus of Judiciary Power and Corruption in Albania: Strategies of Defiance and Evasions
The article aims to study the actions of the network of elite members of a society in diverting financial flows. It is about the way the judiciary elite of a postcommunist and transitional society of Albania has practiced corruption. Prior and during the vetting or reevaluation process of the judges and prosecutors for integrity, ethics, and competence launched in 2017, it has uncovered the scale and luxury involved in the corruptive practices of…
An Analysis of Albania’s Encounter with International Criminal Justice
This article aims to provide an account on Albania’s encounter with international criminal justice, reflecting on the data collected under EU cost Action ca 18228 and the States’ Scoping Survey. It looks at how Albania has engaged or not engaged with international criminal justice, in relevant provisions of domestic law, in its level of support and cooperation with international and hybrid courts, in domestic prosecutions of international crimes,…
Hybridity and a Composite Regime in the Judiciary Governance of Albania: Subcontracting Justice to International Advice
This article examines strategies used in coping with domestic legitimacy crises in Albania. In these crises, blending national with international governance became a resource for governance interventions. Although prevailing approaches to state building and to judiciary governance have continued to follow Westphalian or Weberian paradigms, which characterize the state by its monopoly over judicial authority, Albania has faced difficulties in impl…
Choosing to Reform the Judiciary: Why Albania’s Political Actors Became Engaged in Anti-Corruption
When and why would a government decide to tackle corruption? Several countries around the world have embarked on an effort to combat corruption. These fights are primarily the result of several domestic and international factors that have brought an understanding and urgency to prevail over corruption. The study of past cases has increased our knowledge about the need to fight corruption. However, a particular focus on reasons, motives and explan…
Good Neighbourly Relations: Norm Emergence and Adoption
This article studies the politics of regional cooperation and regionalism, with particular attention to "good neighbourly relations", which has emerged as a new concept in the field. Since the early 1990s, the Balkan countries have pursued attempts to link with each other in regional platforms and networks. Applying the concept of "good neighbourly relations", this article seeks to reveal how the countries of the region have pursued regional coop…
Building integrity: Emergence of a norm in fighting corruption in defence sector
Albania’s “Religious Harmony” Diplomacy
There is a consensus across the Albanian political spectrum that religious harmony is an area in which a new image of Albania should be promoted in a post-2001 world. As a result, the authorities have promoted religious harmony as a symbol of Albania. This article attempts to examine the ways through which Albania has sought to present itself internationally through the use of religious moderation. It argues that while Albania’s promotion of reli…
Vevchani: Sovereignty Claim, Benefits and Consequences
There has been a lively debate in the international relations literature on issues of sovereignty. Among the areas of increasing discussion are the processes of claiming sovereignty. Although attempts to claim sovereignty have been contested, there remains a tendency to create new spaces with sovereign characteristics. This has become important, as the attainment of sovereignty has been perceived as a means of strengthening the chances for politi…
Political science (15 works) · Law (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (7 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)