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The Balkans: Old, New Instabilities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 105

The Balkans: Old, New Instabilities

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-06-15
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  • Publisher: Ledizioni

2020 could be a crucial year for the Western Balkans. For over twenty years, the region has been stuck in a never-ending transition. Politics, economics, and geopolitics are still falling prey to old and new sources of instability. With the path towards EU integration still uncertain, many governments in the region are marked by autocratic tendencies, and international actors strive for a bigger say in the region. NATO is expanding to the Balkans, but regional security still depends on foreign soft power and influence. And while recipes for economic transition focus mainly on foreign direct investments that often lack transparency, Balkan societies are losing their citizens to substantial emigration. What are the factors contributing to Western Balkans instability in the age of Covid-19? Will the region continue to be ground for renewed geopolitical competition? How can the Balkans leave the transition phase and find a sustainable, balanced path onwards?

The Pandemic in the Balkans
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 89

The Pandemic in the Balkans

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-05-12
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  • Publisher: Ledizioni

One year after reaching Europe, the Covid-19 pandemic has left a profound mark on the Western Balkans. It has exacerbated geopolitical dynamics that had been ongoing for decades. While the EU has continued to be inconclusive, proceeding at a snail's pace with its carrot-and-stick approach, China has seized the opportunity and expanded its footprint. The pandemic has also had major consequences for domestic politics. Local trends can largely be summarised using the terms 'continuity' and 'new hope', with both these notions very much on display in the Balkans and shaping the speed and direction of democratic transitions, which remain far from complete. How has geopolitical competition among the superpowers developed in the Balkans over the last year? What effects has the pandemic had on local democratic standards? Is there room for new hopes in terms of regime change and citizen participation?

Covid-19, State-Power and Society in Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

Covid-19, State-Power and Society in Europe

  • Categories: Law

This book explores the current state of society in Europe in general and the regimes and societies of the Western Balkans in particular. The pandemic and near-universal lockdown have provided an ideal cut-off date for the collection of indices from reputable academic sources that cover the nature of these regimes, individual human freedoms, economic freedoms, the rule of law, human rights and media freedoms. The aggregated findings from the 20 individual indices provide comprehensive data to support original findings and the characterisation of societies in 45 European states. Admittedly, there are differences in the methodologies and samples among the indices consulted. Nonetheless, taken t...

Europe and Russia on the Balkan Front
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 108

Europe and Russia on the Balkan Front

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-04-03
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  • Publisher: Ledizioni

The war in Ukraine has taken its toll on the stability of the Balkans by reshuffling regional geopolitics and reviving diplomatic competition between the West and Russia. Since the summer of 2022, growing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia have raised concerns about a possible Russian involvement and pushed the European Union to react promptly. By brokering a new normalisation agreement, the West seeks to prevent new hotbeds in Europe and push Russia one step back from the Balkans. Meanwhile, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has given new momentum to the integration process of candidate states, making EU membership a tangible goal rather than an unattainable dream. Will the EU be able to stabilise the Balkans? Will Russia continue to exert its influence in the region? Are Belgrade and Pristina on the eve of a new phase in the normalisation process?

China and World Politics in Transition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 217

China and World Politics in Transition

This book analyzes China's transformative political power in today's world while simultaneously addressing global issues and the reformation of world institutions. China has become known as the world's first factory and trading power, but more knowledge on China's rise is necessary to understand the world of today and the future. The main question is where China's rise is headed and how this affects the increasingly connected world that faces problems that no state can effectively address on its own. This book analyzes both sides of the coin, that is, the problems of a world scale and the change of the world political order. China is among the major actors for global issues such as mitigatin...

Research Handbook on Minority Politics in the European Union
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 451

Research Handbook on Minority Politics in the European Union

This timely Research Handbook provides a multidisciplinary overview of research on ethno-cultural minority issues at the supranational level of the EU. It delivers a state-of-the-art review of the EU’s approaches to development and institutional implementation of minority policies from the Treaty of Rome until today.

Europe and Russia on the Balkan Front. Geopolitics and Diplomacy in the EU's Backyard
  • Language: en

Europe and Russia on the Balkan Front. Geopolitics and Diplomacy in the EU's Backyard

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Italians to America: Passengers arriving at New York May 1898-April 1899
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 572

Italians to America: Passengers arriving at New York May 1898-April 1899

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1992
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Russian Warfare and Influence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209

Russian Warfare and Influence

"The open access anthology takes a holistic approach to how Russia carries out hybrid warfare against its neighboring countries - states at the intersection between the East and West. The volume addresses the vulnerabilities of these countries to Russian influence and hybrid warfare tactics, as well as their responses to this security challenge. It covers local developments in states such as Ukraine, Belarus, Finland, Armenia, Serbia, analyzing specific scenarios and practices to develop the current conceptual understanding of hybrid warfare as a phenomenon"--

The Pandemic in the Balkans. Geopolitcs and Democracy at Stake
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 126

The Pandemic in the Balkans. Geopolitcs and Democracy at Stake

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021
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  • Publisher: Unknown

One year after reaching Europe, the Covid-19 pandemic has left a profound mark on the Western Balkans. It has exacerbated geopolitical dynamics that had been ongoing for decades. While the EU has continued to be inconclusive, proceeding at a snail's pace with its carrot-and-stick approach, China has seized the opportunity and expanded its footprint. The pandemic has also had major consequences for domestic politics. Local trends can largely be summarised using the terms 'continuity' and 'new hope', with both these notions very much on display in the Balkans and shaping the speed and direction of democratic transitions, which remain far from complete. How has geopolitical competition among the superpowers developed in the Balkans over the last year? What effects has the pandemic had on local democratic standards? Is there room for new hopes in terms of regime change and citizen participation?