Linkages and Relations with Non-Western Countries
Edited by Florian Bieber, Nikolaos Tzifakis
London, Routledge, 2019
Introduction: The Influence of External Actors in the Western Balkans
Florian Bieber and Nikolaos Tzifakis
Chapter 1 Security co-operation in the Western Balkans: Cracks and erosion of Euro-Atlantic integration?
Tobias Flessenkemper and Marko Kmezić
Chapter 2 The economic development of the Western Balkans: The importance of non-EU actors
Matteo Bonomi and Milica Uvalic
Part I Western Balkan Case Studies
Chapter 3 Serbia: Looking East, going West?
Florent Marciacq
Chapter 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Abandoned by the West, embraced by the East?
Adnan Huskic
Chapter 5 Kosovo: Between Western and Non-Western States
Gëzim Visoka
Chapter 6 North Macedonia: A fertile ground for external influences
Zoran Nechev and Ivan Nikolovski
Chapter 7 Montenegro: Always at a Crossroads
Jovana Marovic
Chapter 8 Albania: New Geopolitics and shifting linkages
Enika Abazi
Part II Non-Western Countries
Chapter 9 Russia: Playing a Weak Hand Well
Dimitar Bechev
Chapter 10 China: A New Geoeconomic Approach to the Balkans
Anastas Vangeli
Chapter 11 Turkey: Forced marriage or marriage of convenience with the Western Balkans?
Ahmet Erdi Öztürk and Samim Akgönül
Chapter 12 UAE: Sultanism meets illiberal democracy
Will Bartlett and Tena Prelec
Conclusions
Florian Bieber and Nikolaos Tzifakis
