SECURITY STUDIES IN AND ON NORTH MACEDONIA: THE STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE
SECURITY STUDIES IN AND ON NORTH MACEDONIA: THE STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE

Summary/Abstract: Security studies, as a discipline, has had a limited history in and on North Macedonia. No assessment has been made as to the extent of security research conducted in or on North Macedonia. The assumption is that there has been limited research conducted, which in turn has negatively impacted the visibility of the country in academic research in this field. In order to help fill the void, this article, relying on a dataset designed for this purpose, first offers an analysis of randomly selected articles published by scholars from North Macedonia between1991 and 2022. These studies appeared in academic journals designed for the publication of scholarly works prepared by experts in their fields. The articles outline the theories and methods applied by the scholars and their geographical areas of interest. The aim is to generate previously unexplored findings on the solidity and impact of relevant research. Secondly, the article offers an analysis of randomly selected articles published between 1991and 2022 in academic journals by foreign authors that included North Macedonia as a case study. This section aims to identify the areas in which foreign security scholars work, and the theories and methods they apply when researching North Macedonia.

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