Security Cooperation in the Western Balkans (WB): Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Western Balkan thesis remains particularly popular in the circles of international politics, according to which it is necessary to emphasize the traditional situation in the countries in Southeast Europe focusing on Balkan nucleus with its immediate neighborhood. Hence, the elaboration contained herein is moving along two axes: first, an attempt is made for rational analysis of the question “Whether the Western Balkan countries have already established a system that takes care of resolving open issues and problems without using force and based on the model of regional security community?” The second line of analysis refers to the experiences of the Western Balkan countries for security cooperation among them in the wider context of security and political relations in the entire Western Balkans region.

Keywords

• western balkans
• regional cooperation
• security
• regional security