EU and US Leading Approaches to the Western Balkans: Compatibility and Differences
EU and US Leading Approaches to the Western Balkans: Compatibility and Differences

Author(s): Sonia Hinkova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Governance, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: geopolitical interests; strategic approaches; Western Balkans; the EU; the USA
Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the nature and dynamics of EU and US spatial interests andpolicies that outline their spheres of influence in the Western Balkans. It presents the tools andapproaches (strategic, economic and political) through which these two actors assert their geopolitical interests in the region and specifically in the six Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro). It is argued that the EU and US approaches in the Western Balkans are strategic in nature and sustainable. The paper aims at analyzing and comparing the two strategic approaches in terms of their compatibility and differences.

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