Balkan Cyber Risk Is Real, But the Fix Needs More Than a Warning

Is the Western Balkans a cyber danger zone? The honest answer is: parts of it, provably, yes — and the strongest evidence is not speculation but a string of actual breaches. When Bosnia and Herzegovina ran general elections last month with biometric voter identification and ballot scanners, the reform won praise for fast, accurate results. According to the Center for European Policy Analysis, the region's digital foundations remain fragile, and its adversaries know it. A second opinion on that argument is worth having, because CEPA is right on the record and partly overreach on the framing. The breaches are documented. The claim that China and Russia are maneuvering for leverage across a region "torn between attraction to the European Union and to Russia" is interpretation — reasonable interpretation, but interpretation.

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