Strategies for European Integration and Democratization in the Balkans
Strategies for European Integration and Democratization in the Balkans

Summary/Abstract: Even though the EU has greater traction then ever on the political and economic developments in the Balkans, in some states the problems are so daunting that the EU's determination to promote successful reform - that includes transparency and the rule of law - will have to be very great indeed. The paper is divided into three parts. First, Milada Anna Vachudova explores the nature of political change in the Balkan states after 1989 and accounts for the EU's lack of influence. Second, she explores what strategies the EU adopted to replace extreme nationalists with Western reformers as the first step toward stabilizing the region. Finally, she examines how the EU's evolving Common Foreign and Security Policy (CSFP) may combine with the EU's ongoing accession process to underpin a successful EU strategy for promoting the stabilization and economic revival of the Balkans.

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