Western Balkans and the Future of Europe - Between an Enlargement and a Commitment Fatigue

One of the main questions addressed in this book is whether the EU enlargement fatigue has resulted in broken promises leading to a "commitment fatigue" among the EU candidate states from Western Balkans. Until recently, political and business leaders from Western Balkans, almost without exception, have repeatedly highlighted their aspirations for joining the Union. The discussions about future of Europe would be incomplete, without investigating the relations between EU and Western Balkans. This book addresses academic researchers, policy makers, and higher education students.

List of contents

Chapter 1. United Europe: Boundaries and Challenges.- Chapter 2. The European Integration and Western Balkans: What Now?.- Chapter 3. The European Integration of the Western Balkans and Its Impact on the EU as a Geopolitical Entity.- Chapter 4. Stagnation in Western Balkans Security Egionalisation: the Problem of Competing Regional Cultures of Anarchy.- Chapter 5. The Future Relations Between the European Union and Albania.- Chapter 6. The Future Relations Between the European Union and Kosovo.- Chapter 7. Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Way to the European Union: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 8. The Path of North Macedonia to the European Union is the Only Way Forward.- Chapter 9. Montenegro 2.0: the European Vision of Montenegro.- Chapter 10. The Future of Serbia s Relations With the European Union.- Chapter 11. European Integration Prospects for Western Balkans.

About the author

Aleksandar Stojkov is Professor of Economics at the Iustinianus Primus Faculty of Law at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (North Macedonia). His interests are in international macroeconomics, public finance and data science. He is a former research fellow at CIRANO (Canada). His current project is an application of double machine learning in macroeconomics.
Thierry Warin is Professor of Data Science for Global Transformations at HEC Montreal and Principal Investigator at CIRANO (Canada). He is the former president of the International Trade and Finance Association (2020-2022) and also Researcher at CERIUM-CEUE (University of Montreal).

Product details

• Assisted by: Aleksandar Stojkov (Editor), Warin (Editor), Thierry Warin (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2025
• EAN: 9783031864643
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3186464-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 17 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 479 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 222 p. 28 illus., 22 illus. in color.
• Series: The Future of Europe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Europa, Kosovo, Europäische Geschichte, Montenegro, EU, European History, Serbia, European Politics, Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften, Zentralregierung, European Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Comparative Politics, Albania, European Union Politics, Governance and Government, European Economics, EU Politics, EU accession, EU enlargement, enlargement fatigue, The Future of Europe, Western Balkans accession, commitment fatigue