Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović won January’s presidential election as a candidate for the opposition HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) party. The first woman president won by a narrow vote over incumbent President Ivo Josipović, who was "punished," as social commentators seemed to agree, for the inability of the Social Democratic government to diminish the consequences of the recession. We bring you the analysis of the current state of affairs in Croatia by professor Dejan Jović (Political Science Department, University of Zagreb) written for the Balkans in Europe policy blog. Click the link below: