Balkans, Turkey & Black Sea
EU-Links
Here you can find Council documents on the different countries of the Western Balkans.
Here you can find the links to the pages and websites of the different mission and operations, including those from the Balkan, Turkey & Black Sea region.
A list of all the EU special representatives including Pieter Feith (Kosovo), Erwan Fouéré (FYR Macedonia) and Valentin Inzko (BiH).
The EU seeks to increase cooperation among and between the countries surrounding the Black Sea. On this page you can find information and news on the Black Sea Synergy.
Latest developments and general context.
Efforts for the environment in the EU's relations with the Black Sea region.
The website of DG Enlargement contains the important enlargement policy documents, country progress reports
and partnerships, information on the technical and financial assistance
mechanisms etc. It containsFurther on it has specific country sections on the candidate (Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey) and the potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo under UNSCR 1244).Especially the 'How does it work?' section is very interesting.
Information, documents and links on the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN).
Links
Provides documents containing references to recent literature (2007-2008) arranged by subject (arms control, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, China and Taiwan, Development issues, energy supply, enlargement, environmental issues, European integration, European law, European Security, external relations of the EU, human rights, international trade, islam, NATO, peacekeeping, Russia, Sub-Sahara Africa, terrorism, UN, US, etc.)
Provides news, comments and analysis on politics and society (regional news, elections, EU focus, justice, ...) in the Balkans
Website of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo. The International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith holds a simultaneous mandate as EU Special Representative.
The Regional Cooperation Council promotes mutual cooperation and European and Euro-Atlantic integration of the countries of South East Europe in order to inspire development in the region to the benefit of its people. It is the successor of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, which was initiated and coordinated by the EU.
Website of UNMIK, containing information on the activities, mission and structure of UNMIK. Contains links to Kosovo institutions and documents.
The Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies seeks to address, in an historical and theoretically-informed manner, the complex historical, economic, political, diplomatic, cultural and security issues that confront the region, in the light of such important developments as the process of European integration, the evolution of NATO, and the more general changes in the international governance system after the end of the Cold War in Eurasia and the terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001.
The principal disciplines covered by the journal are politics, political economy, international relations and modern history; other disciplinary approaches are accepted as appropriate. The journal will take both an academic and also a more practical policy-oriented approach and hopes to compensate for the serious information deficit on the countries under consideration.
Institute with focus on Southeastern Europe. Publishes reports on Europeanisation, Kosovo, Bosnia, Turkey, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro.
Literature
Batt, J. (2005) 'The question of Serbia', EU Institute for Security Studies - Chaillot Papers, 81.
Caplan, R. (2005) Europe and the Recognition of New States in Yugoslavia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Delevic, M. (2007) 'Regional cooperation in the Western Balkans', EU Institute for Security Studies - Chaillot Papers, 104.
LaGro, E., & Jørgensen, K. E. (Eds.) (2007) Turkey and the European Union. Prospects for a Difficult Encounter. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Papadimitriou, D. (2007) 'To build a state: Europeanization, EU actorness and state-building in Kosovo', European Foreign Affairs Review, 12(2), 219-238.
Blockmans, S. (2007) Tough Love: The European Union's Relations with the Western Balkans. The Hague: TMC Asser Press.
Gross, E. (2007) 'European Union Foreign Policy towards the Balkans'. In N. Casarini & C. Musu (Eds), European Foreign Policy in an Evolving International System. The Road Towars Convergence. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 97-111.
O'Brennan, J. (2008) The EU and the Western Balkans. Stabilization and Europeanization through Enlargement. London: Routledge.
Radoman, J. (ed.) (2008). Security Sector Reform. The political usage of conflicts. European Security and Defence Policy. Western Balkans Security Observer, 11(October-December).
Verney, S. & Ifantis, K. (Eds.) (2008) Turkey's road to European Union membership. National identity and political change. Oxon: Routledge
Faucompret, E. & Konings, J. (2008) Turkish accession to the EU. Satisfying the Copenhagen criteria. Oxon: Routledge.
Yildiz, K. & Muller, M. (2008) The European Union and Turkish Accession. Human Rights and the Kurds. London: Pluto Press.
Bitzenis, A. (2009) The Balkans: Foreign Direct Investment and EU Accession. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Balamir-Coskun, Bezen, and Birgul Demirtas-Coskun, (eds.) (2009) Neighborhood Challenge. The European Union and Its Neighbors. Boca Raton, Florida: Universal Publishers.
Fagan, A. (2010) Europe's Balkan Dilemma. Paths to Civil Society or State-Building. London: I.B. Tauris.
Henderson, K. & Weaver, C. (Eds.) (2010) The Black Sea Region and EU Policy. The Challenge of Divergent Agendas. Hampshire: Ashgate.
Tunkrova, L. & Saradin, P. (Eds.) (2010) The politics of EU accession. Turkish challenges and Central European experiences. Oxon: Routledge.
Ugur, Mehmet (2010) Open-Ended Membership Prospect and Commitment Credibility: Explaining the Deadlock in EU–Turkey Accession Negotiations. Journal of Common Market Studies 48 (4):967-991.
Engert, S. (2010) EU enlargement and socialization. Turkey and Cyprus. London: Routledge.
Alpago, Alpago. (2010) Power and Poverty: Is the EU a New Planet? Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Pub.
Usul, Ali Resul (2010) Democracy in Turkey: The impact of EU political conditionality. Oxon: Routledge.
Hehir, Aidan, (ed.) (2010) Kosovo, Intervention and Statebuilding: The International Community and the Transition to Independence. Oxon: Routledge.
Ustun, C., (2010) Turkey and European Security Defence Policy, London: I.B.Tauris.
Terzi, O. (2010) The influence of the EU on Turkish Foreign Policy, aldershot: Ashgate.
Bogdani, M. (2011) Turkey and the dillemas of EU Accession, London: I.B. Tauris.
Keukeleire S, Kalaja A, Çollaku A (2011) The European Union's policy on Kosovo. In: Koutrakos P (ed) European Foreign Policy. Legal and Political Perspectives. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp 172-203
Noutcheva G, Aydin-Dzigit S (2012) Lost in Europeanisation: The Western Balkans and Turkey. West European Politics 35 (1):59-78
Bieber F (ed) (2012) EU Conditionality in the Western Balkans. Routledge, London
Juncos AE (2012) Member state-building versus peacebuilding: the contradictions of EU state-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina. East European Politics 28 (1):58-75
Merlingen M (2013) The CSDP in the Western Balkans: from experimental pilot to security governance. In: Biscop S, Whitman R (eds) The Routledge Handbook of European Security. Routledge, Abingdon, pp 145-158
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