International Community’s Approach to Western Balkans: In Search of Stability and Security

Juvan Janez ()
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Juvan Janez: Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia.

Croatian International Relations Review, 2019, vol. 25, issue 85, 64-88

Abstract: The article presents research on the international community’s engagement in the countries of the Western Balkans in the past and their possible approach in the future. The focus of our research is on the functioning of mechanisms through which the international community performs certain tasks in the region. These interventions are primarily political, in the form of conferences, political programmes, consultations, pressures and continuous persuasion. Economic initiatives follow afterwards. By using different reform approaches, international institutions try to improve cooperation with the European Union (EU) and countries such as the USA, Russia, Turkey and China. Our research attempts to identify possible methods and new solutions for individual cases of conflict in Western Balkans countries, especially where the international community is actively involved. On this basis, we created a more holistic approach. The application of these measures could make the necessary reforms of the future easier. Our approach emphasises all the elements of security that are essential to the stability of the region and for the prevention of conflicts in the future.

Keywords: international community; Western Balkans; conflict solutions; EU enlargement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/cirr-2019-0006

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