Prepreke postizanju funkcionalne i efektivne regionalne bezbednosne saradnje na Zapadnom Balkanu - analiza političkih strategija -
Obstacles for Achieving Functional and Effective Regional Security Cooperation in the Western Balkans -Policy Analyses-

Summary/Abstract: Functional regional security cooperation is hard to achieve in the Western Balkans. This is due to many political obstacles deriving not only from its’ turbulent past but also because of foreign interference which doesn’t always correspond to the regions actual needs. One of the ways to overcome these obstacles is to raise awareness among public about them and to organise debates to discuss possibilities of surpassing them. Using the three level analyses we can detect various types of political obstacles. At state level the most important is the issue of war heritage and slow transition which leads to certain division among regional states. This partition can be detected at the regional level too. As a consequence of these obstacles we can notice lack of coordination between regional initiatives active in this area, which inhibits further cooperation. Lack of coordination is also noticeable when it comes to the foreign actors input, especially Euro Atlantic ones. Lack of in-depth understanding of regional characteristics and daily politics together with certain tensions between foreign actors themselves decrease the efficiency of regional security initiatives in the Western Balkans.

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