 Foreign Policy of North Macedonia and Regional Security in the Balkans: Problems and ProspectsP. A. Smirnov () Administrative Consulting, 2021, issue 6 Abstract: The article focuses on identifying factors that influenced the foreign policy of the Macedonian state. In the ï¬ rst years after the collapse of the socialistic Yugoslavia, most of the emerging countries, including Macedonia, deï¬ ned their development direction towards NATO and the EU, since the war in the Balkans required each republic to enter as soon as possible under the wing of a large international organization. On the way to the entry of North Macedonia into the EU and NATO, obstacles arose in the form of controversial issues in relations with neighbors. Thus, the foreign policy of the Macedonian state was designed to resolve conflicts with its neighbors, given the regional context. The settlement of local Balkan problems after 1999 contributed to some stabilization of the situation in the region. Achieving security in the Balkans has been and continues to be inextricably linked with the need for the region to join NATO, under whose auspices it is possible to create a collective security system. Moreover, the region faces new problems and challenges in the export of extremism from the Middle East and the socio-economic instability caused by the influx of refugees from Syria. Date: 2021 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:acf:journl:y:2021:id:1729 DOI: 10.22394/1726-1139-2021-6-108-117 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Administrative Consulting from Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. North-West Institute of Management. |
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