, 2022 As international news reflected widely, a masked gunmen stormed the parliament building in Macedonia. This is one of the latest attacks in a series of incidents in the EU-invented region of "Western Balkans". Has the rebuilding of the Balkans from the ground up brought about peace and prosperity to the Balkans?
Teoman Ertuğrul Tulun
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The efficiency of public expenditure and economic growth in the countries of the Western Balkans [PDF]
Ekonomski Signali, 2021 The countries of the Western Balkans are facing a number of challenges. One of the most acute ones, certainly, is improving the efficiency of public expenditure.
Prole Ljiljana, Petković Dragana
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Physics Education in Decline: A Two-Decade Mixed-Methods Investigation of Trends and Factors Influencing Albanian Students' Interest [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesOver the past two decades, Albania has witnessed a notable decline in the interest of primary and secondary school students in studying physics. Physics, once considered a prestigious discipline, studied by the best and offering an intellectually ...
Kociaj Inva, Gjestila Marinela
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Western Balkans: Influence Trends of External Stakeholders
Дискурс Пи, 2023 In the context of increasing international tension, the Western Balkans, as a historically formed arena for the clash of interests of the leading powers, require special analytical attention. The article raises questions of the international subjectivity
Ponomareva, E.G., Arlyapova, E.S.
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China’s 21st Century Geopolitics and Geo-economics: An Evidence from the Western Balkans [PDF]
Međunarodni Problemi, 2020 This article advocates the thesis that the People’s Republic of China, in accordance with a strong geopolitical strategy, is using geo-economics tools in the context of reshaping global powers’ influence in diverse parts of the world.
Nevena Šekarić Stojanović
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Crowdfunding and entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans
, 2021 The Western Balkans are former communist countries which have made the transition to capitalist economies. As part of this they continue to develop their entrepreneurial ecosystems to support private business and innovation. The region overall has a relatively high level of entrepreneurship which has led the Western Balkans to be labelled as the next ...
Sabia, Luca, Bell, Robin, Bozward, David
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Islamic factor in the West Balkans in geopolitical concepts of western powers and Islamic centers of power [PDF]
Војно дело, 2015 Civilizational stereotypes of the ideological incompatibility and traditional discord of Christian and Islamic civilizations cannot explain the occasional partnership arrangements in the Balkans between the great powers of Western (post)Christian ...
Talijan Miroslav M. +2 more
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The Theory of Interhybridity: Socio-political Dimensions and Migration Experiences of Post-communist Western Balkan States [PDF]
, 2013 The Western Balkans integration within the EU has started a legal process which is the rejection of former communist legal/political approaches and the transformation of former communist institutions. Indeed, the EU agenda has brought vertical/horizontal
Aliu, Armando
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Deliverable 4.1 – Report on Western Balkans Just Green Transition Conceptualisation [PDF]
, 2023 The Western Balkans region is significantly impacted by climate change and pollution. Over the past decades, warming has accelerated, and throughout the 21st century, it is projected to be higher than the world average (Alfthan, B et.al, 2015).
Marija Jeftić +13 more
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Government and Governance on the Western Balkans: Policy Debate
, 2020 With no direct exposure to ‘The Western Balkans Network on Territorial Governance,’ I take it to be a joint effort concerning a loosely-defined region for which there is no unitary government, nor will there be one.
Faludi, A.K.F. (author)
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