· "Migration from the perspective of sending country", paper presented at World Demographic and Ageing Forum, 28-29 August 2012, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

· "EU external aid and its impact on domestic change in aid receiving countries of South Eastern Europe", paper presented at Workshop on Implementing EU External Policies, 6/7 May 2011, Bath, UK.

· "NATO enlargement and the Western Balkans: The state of the play and the prospects and challenges for the future", paper presented at Euro-Atlantic and European Integration in the Western Balkans conference, 13 December 2010, Athens.

· "Macedonia's perspectives on the new NATO Strategic Concept", paper presented at NATO’s New Strategic Concept conference, 11–12 March 2010, Tirana.

· "Macedonia's EU integration. Candidate state building and challenges. The review of the period from 2003 to 2009", paper presented at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars East European Studies Federal Conference "Innovative Strategies for European Integration of the Western Balkans", 6 May 2009, Washington DC.

· "Post-Conflict State Building. Macedonia. From formative to post-conflict state building to candidate-state building for EU membership", paper presented at ESF conference "Post-Crisis States Transformation: Rethinking the Foundations of the State", 1-5 May 2009, Linköping, Sweden.

· “Social Potentials of western Balkans”, paper presented at “European Future of the Western Balkans – The Youth has a Role to Play” conference of the European Fund for the Balkans, 10 April 2008, Belgrade.

· “Policy research and EU pre-acccession”, paper presented at International Policy Fellowship conference, 8 March 2008, Budapest.

· “The EU as an External Actor: the EU’s policies towards the SEE countries”, paper presented at Minority Rights Group International conference, 26 October 2007, Ohrid.

· “The reform processes in the area of security sector and their influence on the security governance,” paper presented at HUMSEC Annual Conference, 4-6 October 2007, Sarajevo.

· “EU assistance and its impact in dealing with the transnational crimes in the region of the western Balkans,” paper presented at Fighting Crime in the Backyard: EU Internal Security Policies in the Balkans, Young Researchers Workshop, 11 September 2007, Turin.

· “Defence Sector Assessment,” paper prepared in the framework of Geneva Centre DCAF project on defence reforms assessment in Southeast Europe (Geneva: DCAF 2006).

· “Progress in National Reconciliation in Macedonia”, paper presented at ECPD International Conference on the Balkans, Belgrade, 27-28 October 2006.

· “Defence Sector Assessment,” paper prepared in the framework of Geneva Centre DCAF project on defence reforms assessment in Southeast Europe (Geneva: DCAF 2006).

· “Progress in National Reconciliation in Macedonia”, paper presented at ECPD International Conference on NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN THE BALKANS - HUMAN SECURITY AND RECONCILIATION, Belgrade, October 27-28, 2006.

· “EU’s security and defence policy and stabilisation of the western Balkans,” paper presented at LSE/KCL European Foreign Policy Conference, “European Security: New Perspectives,” London School of Economics, London, June 30th – July 1st 2006.

· “Implementation of the Ohrid Accord,” paper presented at ECPD International Symposium “NATIONAL AND INTER-ETHNIC RECONCILIATION AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN THE WESTERN BALKANS,” Belgrade, October 28 – 29, 2005.

· I. Yusufi, “EU Police Missions: From Conflict Management to Institution Building in the Western Balkans,” EU Institute for Security Studies, Occasional Paper (to be published soon).

· “Stabilising the European Periphery: The Case of Macedonia,” paper presented at Symposium on ‘Member State Building’, Oxford, 17-18 October 2005.

· “European integration and transitional processes and their impact on the evolution and development of political parties in the countries of western Balkans” The 7th Annual Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop, Harvard University, Boston, 2005, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis/workshop_2005.html.

· “Assisting state building in the Balkans: The Case of Macedonia,” paper presented at SAR conference “Europe as a Democracy Promoter,” Constanta, Romania, July 6, 2005.

· “Future Challenges for the Balkans region,” paper presented at Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders conference, Belgrade, Serbia, 11 June 2005

· “The Future of the Stabilisation and Association Process,” paper presented at international conference “Assessing Developments in the Western Balkans: Problems of Today, Ideas for the Future,” Bratislava, Slovakia, May 20-21, 2005.

· “Quelle Place Pour la Macedoine dans les Balkans et dans L’union Europenne?,” paper presented at a lecture at CERI Sciences Po, Paris, 29 March 2005.

· “Partnership for Peace: A New Lease on Life,” paper presented at the International Seminar “US Realignment and NATO Transformation: Implications for Southeast Europe and Greater Black Sea Region,” , Bucharest, Romania, July 12-13, 2004.

· "The Way Forward in the Reform of Defense and Security Sector of Macedonia," paper presented at the International Seminar on "Defense and Security Sector Reform in Western Balkans," Brdo-Kranj, Slovenia, October 3, 2003.

· "Implications of 2004 Dual Enlargement to the Security and Stability of Southeast Europe," paper presented at the conference on "Southeast European Security after the 2004 Dual Enlargement," Bucharest, Romania, July 10-12, 2003.

· "Establishing Benchmarks for Tackling the Security Challenges of South East Europe," paper presented at the ARI Movement's conference on "Security and Cooperation in Southeast Europe," Istanbul, Turkey, June 26-27, 2003.

· "Perspectives of Regional Cooperation in the Balkan Area: Why Should there be a Regional Perspective in the of the Balkans," paper presented at the Balkan Political Club's Conference: "The Regional Cooperation-the Nordic Experience," Sofia, Bulgaria, June 15 – 17, 2003.

· "Enlarged NATO and its Relevance in the Post-September 11 Era," paper presented at "New Faces Conference in Geneva", Geneva, Switzerland, August 29 - September 1, 2002.

· "Cooperation, Security and Stability: Recent Positive Developments in the Sphere of Regional Stability and Security," paper presented at Young Europeans for Security conference, Tirana, Albania, June 22, 2002.

· "Perspectives on Joint Regional Security Studies and Research in Crisis Management in Southeast Europe with Special Consideration of the Actual Situation in Macedonia," paper presented at the International Conference "Science for Peace and Development, Maribor, Slovenia, October 4-6, 2001.

· "Mission Essential Harvest," paper presented at Szeged Roundtable on Small Arms, Szeged, Hungary, September 14-15, 2001.

· "Visions for Macedonia's Security," paper presented at " Macedonia-Macedonias: Changing Contexts in the Changing Balkans conference", June 14-16, 2001.

· "Government as the other in the Internet Age," paper presented at Summer School: “The Face of the other,” Skopje, Macedonia, July 1-21, 2000.


Websites

· Islam Jusufi at Epoka: http://ijusufi.epoka.edu.al.  

· IPF website: www.policy.hu/yusufi.


Blogs

· Trilece in Albania: Blogging about International Relations and about Albania, the most interesting country in Balkans: https://islamjusufi.wordpress.com/