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This book provides a detailed understanding of how different types of engagements impact upon the reform and EU integration of the Western Balkan region. It examines the influence of Russia, China, Turkey and the UAE in the region and analyses the range of existing links.
Sommario
Introduction: The Influence of External Actors in the Western Balkans
Part I Regional Dynamics
Chapter 1 Security co-operation in the Western Balkans: Cracks and erosion of Euro-Atlantic integration?
Chapter 2 The economic development of the Western Balkans: The importance of non-EU actors
Part II Western Balkan Case Studies
Chapter 3 Serbia: Looking East, going West?
Chapter 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Abandoned by the West, embraced by the East?
Chapter 5 Kosovo: Between Western and Non-Western States
Chapter 6 North Macedonia: A fertile ground for external influences
Chapter 7 Montenegro: Always at a Crossroads
Chapter 8 Albania: New Geopolitics and shifting linkages
Part III Non-Western Countries
Chapter 9 Russia: Playing a Weak Hand Well
Chapter 10 China: A New Geoeconomic Approach to the Balkans
Chapter 11 Turkey: Forced marriage or marriage of convenience with the Western Balkans?
Chapter 12 UAE: Sultanism meets illiberal democracy.
Conclusions
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Florian Bieber is Professor for Southeast European History and Politics at the University of Graz and director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies.
Nikolaos Tzifakis is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese.
Riassunto
This book provides a detailed understanding of how different types of engagements impact upon the reform and EU integration of the Western Balkan region. It examines the influence of Russia, China, Turkey and the UAE in the region and analyses the range of existing links.
