WESTERN BALKANS – CONDITIONS OF (IN)STABILITY IN THE CURRENT EUROPEAN SECURITY CONTEXT
WESTERN BALKANS – CONDITIONS OF (IN)STABILITY IN THE CURRENT EUROPEAN SECURITY CONTEXT

Summary/Abstract: Disrupting states’ and societies’ capacity of functioning, turning to advantage a wide range of instruments is one of the objectives of what it is known on a large scale after the Ukrainian crisis as “hybrid warfare”. The present paper is an analysis of the security dynamic in the Western Balkan region from this perspective, having as a hypothesis the fact that this space can be turned to advantage as lever for heightening insecurity at European level. In this respect, the article includes a brief overview on the main European security trends, as well as an insight on the Russian Federation’s approach on Western Balkans not only in terms of strategic documents, but also in geopolitical studies. The region’s vulnerability is subsequently analysed both from the perspective of the conflict relations between the actors in this space, and in relation to the evolution of these actors in international barometers showing the level of institutions’ stability and strength.

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