Western Balkans at the Crossroads: An edited volume presenting long-term research into external actors' influences in the Western Balkans published!
26 Apr 2021/PSSI
Read the final publication of the PSSI's project: Western Balkans at the Crossroads: Ways Forward in Analyzing External Actors Influence (10/2019-04/2021), which has provided an in-depth investigations and analyses of various aspects and mechanisms of external influences in the Western Balkans. The final edited volume contains fourteen analytical studies that bring to the foresight one common topic - the domestic dimension of external actors’ presences in the Western Balkans.
The final publication entitled "Western Balkans at the Crossroads: Ways Forward in Analyzing External Actors' Influence" incorporates the project's fourteen analytical studies structured in four sections along broader topics identified as important but under-researched parts of the overall picture. Most of them bring attention to the domestic dimension of external actors' presences.
The volume also encompasses a written reflection on the studies by a senior scholar, Senada Šelo Šabic, who engages with key question - the domestic/reception side of external actors’ presence and the role of the EU. The concluding chapter, written by Ioannis Armakolas, offers insights into how the studies have advanced the understanding of impacts of external actors’ presences in the region. It also puts forward a classification of the studies into three thematic categories - ‘Openings’, ‘Closures’ and ‘Inside-out’ dimensions - which assist in conceptualizing external influence from a novel perspective.