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Book Synopsis Promoting Sustainable Economies in the Balkans by : Steven Rattner
Download or read book Promoting Sustainable Economies in the Balkans written by Steven Rattner and published by Council on Foreign Relations. This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the prospect of the Balkan countries achieving sustainable economic growth, and what the donor community and international institutions can do to help.
Book Synopsis Promoting Stability in the Balkans by : Panayotis Rouméliotis
Download or read book Promoting Stability in the Balkans written by Panayotis Rouméliotis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of essays, documents and speeches, a collage or better an imprint of an effort that lasted more than three years. An individual and team effort to promote dialogue, to surpass prejudices and fears and to plant seeds out of which a culture of democracy and respect for human rights and minorities can bloom in the Balkan region. The book is also a token of a voyage into a region that has experienced so much self-inflicted suffering but also often so much unfair judgement and misunderstanding from the outside. This was a voyage whose principal goal was to build a bridge. A bridge between peoples held in isolation in the Balkans but also a bridge with a family of nations in Europe sharing a belief on a set of democratic and humanistic values. As such this book should be read and held as a representation of a process that is still alive, vital and necessary. As a collage the book should not be read just literally; as an imprint this book should be held as a token of an experience that is larger than what it represents. Finally, this book should be a reminder that there is much more that needs to be done, much more that needs to be understood and acted on as to ensure the return to a place of safety, stability and prosperity for the peoples of this battered region of Europe.
Book Synopsis Peace and Security in the Western Balkans by : Nemanja Džuverović
Download or read book Peace and Security in the Western Balkans written by Nemanja Džuverović and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the main security threats, actors, and processes in the Western Balkans following the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Exploring the state of peace and security in the region it asks if a stable peace is achievable. The comparative framework explores state perspectives – from Serbia, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Kosovo – alongside military, political-societal, economic, and environmental security concerns. The interplay of international actors is also considered. Academics, scholars, and practitioners who deal with Balkan issues, either as a focus or comparatively, and have interests in security and peace studies will find the volume invaluable along with students of political science, security studies, peace studies, area studies (Eastern European studies and/or Southeast European studies), and international studies in general.
Book Synopsis Stabilizing and Integrating the Balkans by : Paul J.J. Welfens
Download or read book Stabilizing and Integrating the Balkans written by Paul J.J. Welfens and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-04-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex challenge of economic recovery and reconstruction in the Balkans is looked at in this book. The Balkan Stability Pact stands for a networked approach of international organizations to deal with these problems. This analysis critically looks into strategies, actors, and preliminary results. There are shortcomings and inconsistencies and there is some potential for transatlantic conflicts over the issue of burden sharing. There is also a risk of EU imperial overstretch facing eastern and south-eastern EU enlargement.
Book Synopsis Public Policy Making in the Western Balkans by : Margo Thomas
Download or read book Public Policy Making in the Western Balkans written by Margo Thomas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing and ‘transition’ economies face myriad challenges in their attempts to achieve and maintain political stability and foster the economic growth essential for national security, the social well-being of current citizens and sustainable environments for future generations. Governments in the Western Balkans have striven to achieve all of the above, and this volume assesses the nature of their experiences as well as the level of their success in doing so. Featuring detailed case studies of public policy reforms in the region as well as comparative analysis on a range of indicators, the book analyzes the role of key players in setting the political agenda as well as implementing policy reforms. It also distils the lessons that can be learned from the Western Balkan experience, recommending strategies for enhancing the policy making process. In addition, it examines the developmental role played by the full spectrum of policy actors, including the private sector, NGOs, special interest groupings, international financial institutions, donor nations and the EU. Each case study has been prepared by academics with deep knowledge and experience of the western Balkans and addresses a core set of questions: identifying the policy issue and its broader context, defining the roles of specific individuals in formulating policy and reform and assessing the influence of networks and coalitions in the policy making process. With so little detailed literature on public policy making in a group of nations strategically positioned between Europe, Russia and the near East, the detailed insights provided by this volume will be widely welcomed. Our book provides case studies of specific public policy reform episodes in selected Western Balkan post-conflict and transition countries. The focus of these case studies extends beyond the technical aspects and entails substantive examination of the policy actors, constituencies and politics that ultimately shape the policy that emerges from the policy making process. This analysis draws lessons for strengthening the quality of policies, the transparency, consistency, and governance of the policy making process and ultimately for contributing to economic and social development of the region.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215022189 Total Pages :93 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (221 download)
Book Synopsis The Western Balkans by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book The Western Balkans written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Balkans lies on the crossroads between Europe and the Middle East. The region plunged into conflict with the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991, until the interventions by the international community, in Bosnia in 1995, in Kosovo in 1999, and in Macedonia in 2001 brought an uneasy peace to the region. The spectre of instability lingers on, in high unemployment rates, strong nationalist politics and unresolved border and intra-state disputes. The United Kingdom and its EU partners have a strong interest in the stability of the region, which will be surrounded by EU countries by 2007. This inquiry seeks to establish how the UK might best contribute to the stability of the Western Balkans, by reducing the likelihood of conflict, promoting economic development and moving towards the eventual accession of the Balkans into the EU and NATO. The report focuses in particular on Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Macedonia, and also examines the interests and roles of the EU, the USA, neighbouring states and Russia.
Book Synopsis Building Up a Strategy for De-Balkanizing the Balkans by : Ferdinand Xhaferaj
Download or read book Building Up a Strategy for De-Balkanizing the Balkans written by Ferdinand Xhaferaj and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three years after the Kosovo conflict, the Balkans remains politically and socially unstable as well as economically depressed. Even though Milosevic has gone, he has left behind him a legacy of destruction and distrust. The mechanisms, instruments, and models of international relations that provide a framework for producing security and promoting development such as creation of alliances, diplomacy, and models of security communities, did not produce the expected results. Therefore, a high potential for renewed conflict remains acute. one of the main reasons that Western Powers adopted a reluctant attitude towards the Balkans crises, or did too little too late, was misunderstanding the nature and the origin of the conflicts from the beginning. Without knowing where the region is coming from, it is impossible to construct where the region should be heading. This thesis outlines a brief history of the region that provides the context for the current situation. It demonstrates the impact of ethnicity, religion, language, culture, and economics in shaping the conflicts in the Balkans. Furthermore, it analyzes the current security and economic situation in the region. Finally, it provides some security and economic recommendations, which offer guidelines for implementing what the author considers the right path for De-Balkanizing the Balkans.
Book Synopsis Peace, Conflict and Developments in the Western Balkans. The Role of EU Integration by : Reina Zenelaj Shehi
Download or read book Peace, Conflict and Developments in the Western Balkans. The Role of EU Integration written by Reina Zenelaj Shehi and published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western Balkan countries are characterized by an entanglement of different national, ethnic and religious groups. Within all Balkan states, nationalist rivalries have been and are exploited by political leaders as a propaganda tool when faced with internal unrest or unpopularity. Yet, the proximity of ethnic communities to their countries of ethnic origin tie all the Balkan states into a common problem: the spillover effect of regional insecurity. Existing and future disputes require an exhaustive survey of national, ethnic, religious, territorial, economic and political problems, and this is precisely what this volume sets out to do.
Download or read book Projecting Stability written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In assessing the prospects for the transition of the Serbian economy, however, it is instructive and sobering to examine the transition in the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC). [...] IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM EU DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE WESTERN BALKANS The downfall of the Milosevic regime removes the fundamental obstacle to the viable development of the Balkans since a progressive Serbia is a potential economic dynamo for the entire region. [...] The Commission also plans to provide longer-term technical assistance in developing the judicial sector, the rule of law and in encouraging the use of IT and internet solutions. [...] The experience of the economic transition in CEEC indicates that children, the elderly and the unemployed are most likely to live in poverty. [...] The transition experience in CEEC has also taught that reforms must nevertheless be swift and complete, to prevent entrenched elites or organized crime capturing the new economic space, and that it must be linked to the support of good governance so as to prevent further exploitation by the few in power of the many in poverty.
Book Synopsis Stabilizing and Integrating the Balkans by : Paul J.J. Welfens
Download or read book Stabilizing and Integrating the Balkans written by Paul J.J. Welfens and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex challenge of economic recovery and reconstruction in the Balkans is looked at in this book. The Balkan Stability Pact stands for a networked approach of international organizations to deal with these problems. This analysis critically looks into strategies, actors, and preliminary results. There are shortcomings and inconsistencies and there is some potential for transatlantic conflicts over the issue of burden sharing. There is also a risk of EU imperial overstretch facing eastern and south-eastern EU enlargement.
Book Synopsis Media Constrained by Context by : Kristina Irion
Download or read book Media Constrained by Context written by Kristina Irion and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books draws a comparative balance of twenty years' international media assistance in the five countries of the Western Balkans. The central question was what happens to imported models when they are transposed onto the newly evolving media systems of transitional societies. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia undertook a range of media reforms to conform with accession requirements of the European Union and the standards of the Council of Europe, among others. The essays explore the nexus between the democratic transformation of the media and international media assistance. The cross-national analysis concludes that the effects of international assistance are highly constrained by the local context. From today's vantage point it becomes obvious, that scaling media assistance does not necessarily improve outcomes. The experiences in the region suggest that imported solutions have not been very cognitive in all aspects of local conditions but international strategies tent to be rather schematic and lacked strategic approaches to promote media policy stability, credible media reform and implementation. The book offers valuable insights into the nature and effects of media assistance and the strategies deployed by international aid agencies, local political forces, media professionals, civil society organizations and other actors.
Book Synopsis Building Stability in Weak States by : Predrag Jureković
Download or read book Building Stability in Weak States written by Predrag Jureković and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Operational Role of the OSCE in South-Eastern Europe by : Victor-Yves Ghebali
Download or read book The Operational Role of the OSCE in South-Eastern Europe written by Victor-Yves Ghebali and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2001. An authoritative look at the operational role of the OSCE in South-Eastern Europe, this book provides in-depth examination of the efforts of an international organization to contribute to regional stability in the volatile Balkans in the 1990s. Essential reading for students and academics of international relations and specialists on South-Eastern Europe.
Book Synopsis The Balkan Conflict & Its Solutions by : Franjo Štiblar
Download or read book The Balkan Conflict & Its Solutions written by Franjo Štiblar and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Return of the Balkans by : Janusz Janusz Bugajski
Download or read book Return of the Balkans written by Janusz Janusz Bugajski and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in its modern history the entire Balkan Peninsula has the opportunity to co-exist under one security and developmental umbrella combining NATO and the European Union (EU). Unfortunately, European and American leaders have been unable to complete such a unique historic vision, while the progress of several Western Balkan countries continues to be undermined by a plethora of political, social, economic, ethnic, and national disputes. This monograph focuses on the escalating security challenges facing the Western Balkans, assesses the shortcomings and deficiencies of current international engagement, considers future prospects for U.S. military involvement, and offers recommendations for curtailing conflict and promoting the region's international institutional integration. In particular, to prevent the future deployment of U.S. forces, more comprehensive strategic intelligence gathering is needed, together with the identification of local and foreign political actors promoting instability, early warning signals regarding impending conflicts, and a commitment to incorporate all countries in the region into NATO and the EU.
Book Synopsis Bringing Peace and Stability to the Balkans by :
Download or read book Bringing Peace and Stability to the Balkans written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Remaking the Balkans by : Christopher Cviic
Download or read book Remaking the Balkans written by Christopher Cviic and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1991 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analyzes the political and security implications for South-Eastern Europe resulting from the collapse of communism. For more than four decades the Cold War had ensured not only a flow of aid into the region but also a certain kind of stability, with Greece and Turkey belogning to NATO, Bulgaria annd Romania to the Warsaw Pact, and Yugoslavia and Albania retaining their independence. Now that it is no longer of strategic importance whether any of these countries change allegiance, the old disputes between states, and between nations and minorities within them, have assumed a more important role. There is a threat of some of these conflicts growing into civil wars within states (Yugoslavia, for example) or armed conflicts between states (Hungary versus Romania over Transylvania; Greece and Turkey over Thrace). This could pose problems not only for the neighbouring states but also for the international community as a whole. This study offers ideas on how the map of the Balkans might be recast to deal with some of these problems and how various international mechanisms could be used to contain crises in the short term.
