WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES AND THEIR POSITION AS CONTRIBUTORS AND CONSUMERS IN THE CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
Journal
Contemporary Macedonian Defence
Date Issued
2024-12
Author(s)
Spasov, Aleksandar
Abstract
Western Balkans countries, geographically part of southeastern Europe, politically
remain on the periphery of Europe. The European integration of the Western Balkans
countries although confirmed as one of the strategical priorities of the European Union since
the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003, more than two decades after remains an unfinished project
with exception of the membership of Croatia. The stalemate in the European integration
of the Western Balkans countries beside the political and economic issues is also an issue
of geopolitical and security nature, both for the European Union and the Western Balkans
countries. This article deals with the geopolitical and security significance of the Western
Balkans countries for the European security architecture as well as with the geopolitical and
security consequences resulting from stalemate in the process of the European integration of
the mentioned countries. The focus of the article is on the possibilities for malign influence
that the stalemate creates for third, extra regional actors, hostile to the European Union and,
on a long term, to the democratic development of the Western Balkan countries.
remain on the periphery of Europe. The European integration of the Western Balkans
countries although confirmed as one of the strategical priorities of the European Union since
the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003, more than two decades after remains an unfinished project
with exception of the membership of Croatia. The stalemate in the European integration
of the Western Balkans countries beside the political and economic issues is also an issue
of geopolitical and security nature, both for the European Union and the Western Balkans
countries. This article deals with the geopolitical and security significance of the Western
Balkans countries for the European security architecture as well as with the geopolitical and
security consequences resulting from stalemate in the process of the European integration of
the mentioned countries. The focus of the article is on the possibilities for malign influence
that the stalemate creates for third, extra regional actors, hostile to the European Union and,
on a long term, to the democratic development of the Western Balkan countries.
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