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-The European Union and the Balkans: between Symbiosis and Integration?
16/12/2010
Author : The European Institute of Romania
by Kyriakos D. Kentrotis Romanian Journal of European Affairs, vol 10, no3, 2010 The European Union continues to constitute an incomplete economic-political entity at intergovernmental and supranational level. The EU is seeking to establish appropriate functional superstructures extending beyond the narrow confines of trade, the economy and free market rules to accommodate its integral progress as a new force for prosperity, democracy and peace in the world. On the map of the Balkans, the local political actors continue to define their choices in line with their historic experience and stereotypes, especially as regards their neighbours and the Great Powers of the moment. The Balkan countries, which in any case are still seeking to consolidate their conventional state structures, need much more time to find their place within this unfinished supranational European structure. In both cases the actors involved, whether in the EU or in the Balkans, are grappling with the challenges of global politics from their different starting-points, but it is not easy to overcome the boundaries of their national sovereignty....more...
16/12/2010
Author : The European Institute of Romania
by Kyriakos D. Kentrotis Romanian Journal of European Affairs, vol 10, no3, 2010 The European Union continues to constitute an incomplete economic-political entity at intergovernmental and supranational level. The EU is seeking to establish appropriate functional superstructures extending beyond the narrow confines of trade, the economy and free market rules to accommodate its integral progress as a new force for prosperity, democracy and peace in the world. On the map of the Balkans, the local political actors continue to define their choices in line with their historic experience and stereotypes, especially as regards their neighbours and the Great Powers of the moment. The Balkan countries, which in any case are still seeking to consolidate their conventional state structures, need much more time to find their place within this unfinished supranational European structure. In both cases the actors involved, whether in the EU or in the Balkans, are grappling with the challenges of global politics from their different starting-points, but it is not easy to overcome the boundaries of their national sovereignty....more...
-Western Balkans’ accession to the EU: a need for (re)tailoring of the EU assistance instruments
07/12/2010
Author : Silvana Mojsovska
The EU accession has enjoyed continuous political consensus in the Western Balkans for over a decade. Despite many clashes, wars and economic turmoil in the region, the general support to the EU remained strong....more...
07/12/2010
Author : Silvana Mojsovska
The EU accession has enjoyed continuous political consensus in the Western Balkans for over a decade. Despite many clashes, wars and economic turmoil in the region, the general support to the EU remained strong....more...
-Have the problems encountered by Bulgaria and Romania had any influence on the accession policies of the western Balkan EU candidates?
07/12/2010
Author : Gordana Djurovic
As the accession of Romania and Bulgaria have paved the way for the expantion of the EU to the Balkans, Gordana Djurovic examines how this precedence has effected the other Baltic countries aspiring to membership and the issues and conflicts that have to be addressed before further enlargement in this problematic region...more...
07/12/2010
Author : Gordana Djurovic
As the accession of Romania and Bulgaria have paved the way for the expantion of the EU to the Balkans, Gordana Djurovic examines how this precedence has effected the other Baltic countries aspiring to membership and the issues and conflicts that have to be addressed before further enlargement in this problematic region...more...
-Balkan EU hopefuls may find it better to travel than to arrive
07/12/2010
Author : Remzi Lani
EU officialdom’s well-intentioned enlargement efforts could do with a re-think, says Remzi Lani, who is concerned that “pro-European populists” could become as distasteful as their nationalistic predecessors...more...
07/12/2010
Author : Remzi Lani
EU officialdom’s well-intentioned enlargement efforts could do with a re-think, says Remzi Lani, who is concerned that “pro-European populists” could become as distasteful as their nationalistic predecessors...more...
-How Serbia is exchanging leadership for partnership
07/12/2010
Author : Bozidar Djelic
Serbia has emerged from the global crisis in better shape than many of its neighbours. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic explains why, and points to Belgrade's increased emphasis on regional co-operation....more...
07/12/2010
Author : Bozidar Djelic
Serbia has emerged from the global crisis in better shape than many of its neighbours. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic explains why, and points to Belgrade's increased emphasis on regional co-operation....more...
-Macedonia is moving closer to the EU, but needs to make a clean cut with the past in order to make democracy and the rule of law permanent
03/12/2010
Author : Henri Bohnet
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall became the symbol of failed communist authoritarianism and the democratic transition of Eastern Europe began, Macedonia has started to push its democratization process one decisive step further....more...
03/12/2010
Author : Henri Bohnet
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall became the symbol of failed communist authoritarianism and the democratic transition of Eastern Europe began, Macedonia has started to push its democratization process one decisive step further....more...
-Defining the ‘collective security’ of the western Balkans
07/12/2010
Author : Goran Svilanovic
Any analysis of possible future policies for the Balkans, means putting all outdated strategies behind us. The changing values in Balkan states’ own foreign policy agendas and those of countries around the world illustrates the point. Human rights were the supreme legitimising factor for more than half of a century with states and international organisations making pivotal decisions in favour of these rights. But today’s list of key factors now includes energy security, climate change and anti-terrorism efforts. This shift in the global agenda will marginalise many issues we’ve long thought of as major in the Balkans as elsewhere....more...
07/12/2010
Author : Goran Svilanovic
Any analysis of possible future policies for the Balkans, means putting all outdated strategies behind us. The changing values in Balkan states’ own foreign policy agendas and those of countries around the world illustrates the point. Human rights were the supreme legitimising factor for more than half of a century with states and international organisations making pivotal decisions in favour of these rights. But today’s list of key factors now includes energy security, climate change and anti-terrorism efforts. This shift in the global agenda will marginalise many issues we’ve long thought of as major in the Balkans as elsewhere....more...
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