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...

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...