European security and Balkan challenges : National policies and institutional failures
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.36, No.2, 1995, pages 327-349
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The article discusses the issues and dilemmas that Western states andinstitutions faced in South-eastern Europe as a result of the “reactivationof history” in the region and the policies pursued as a response to therisks generated by the Yugoslav imbroglio. The overall argument is thatthe Balkan conflict is strictly linked to the post-Cold War power dislocationin the international system, which is manifestly demonstrated bythe involvement of the leading powers and institutions in the dynamicsof crisis and by the real danger that the disorder will spill over to regionspreviously regarded as stable areas of the European sub-system. Theanalysis considers in turn: a) the response of the European Union and theUSA; and b) the prospects of constructing a new, badly needed securityregime in the area. It is argued that the Balkan states cannot beseparated from Europe’s wider security concerns. The region needs to be integrated into continent-wide structures, in order to both defuse localconflicts and prevent the recurrence of future such.
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Στρατηγικές στα Βαλκάνια
