The Western Balkans Policy of the EU Within the Framework of Domino Theory

I.dris Turan and Ekrem Yas¸ar Akçay

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2019, vol. 75, issue 3, 395-404

Abstract: This study elaborates on the European Union’s (EU) Balkan policies evaluating the developments in the Western Balkans from the post-Cold War era until today. In addition, the study will tackle the EU policies and practices in the Western Balkans on the basis of the principles of the domino theory. In this context, the EU believes that destabilisation due to conflicts in former Yugoslavia after disintegration has also destabilised other countries in the region in domino effect. This situation means both the region and the EU will encounter security threat. In this regard, the study dwells upon EU policies in the region to provide financial aid in an attempt to ensure development and sustainability which will foster stability on the basis of the assumption that these countries in the region will be accepted to the EU as member countries after ensuring stability.

Keywords: European Union; Balkans; domino theory; Stability; EU’s Balkans policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0974928419860932

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