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Western Balkan foreign and security ties with external actors: an arena of geostrategic rivalry for the EU or a local power struggle?
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Abstract Even though the six Western Balkan countries (WB6) have close political ties with the EU, their alignment with the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has increasingly come into focus since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. The EU should take a differentiated vie... view more
Even though the six Western Balkan countries (WB6) have close political ties with the EU, their alignment with the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has increasingly come into focus since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. The EU should take a differentiated view of the WB6’s political and security cooperation with external actors such as Russia, China and Turkey. Within the WB6, the two “outliers” of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska use their foreign and security relations with Russia to achieve their own political goals. While Serbia seeks support for its Kosovo policy, Republika Srpska is trying to get backing for its separatist tendencies. The WB6 are not expected to end their cooperation with the aforementioned external actors in the near future. Nonetheless, in today’s shifting geopolitical arena, the EU must set priorities that bind the WB6’s outliers to the CFSP. (Autorenreferat)... view less
Keywords
Southeastern Europe; Serbia; Kosovo; Bosnia and Herzegovina; EU; foreign policy; diplomacy; international cooperation; international relations
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Balkan; Außenpolitik von Staatengruppen; Außenpolitik einzelner Staaten; politisch-diplomatische Maßnahmen; Einflusssphäre; Strukturziele internationaler Zusammenarbeit; Interdependenz im internationalen System; Verhalten in den internationalen Beziehungen
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
8 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 8/2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2023C08
ISSN
2747-5107
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications