The long European integration process has been operationalised on two strategies: the strategy of integration and the strategy of cooperation. The former refers to a maximalistic plan with federal orientation based on the deepening of the integrative process, while the latter implies a...

The Balkan Peninsula has been an unstable regional security subsystem because of a number of defining and qualitative parameters, namely, overt or covert challenges to the territorial status, inter-ethnic conflicts, the “great idea” syndrome, out-of-system interference, and minority...

EU-Russian relations have been a defining parameter of European security during the post-Cold War era. The axis of cooperation has been defined not only by EU-Russian common goals but also the ability of the US to derail this emerging partnership. The recent crisis in Georgia has illustrated...

This essay will examine the geographical, structural, political and cultural elements that affect the West’s unfavourable evaluation norm towards the Balkans, a negative notion that eventually affects the region’s course to economic and political advancement. The combination, interaction and...