This report assesses the economic dimensions of security in post-Soviet Central Asia and considers their implications for the role of the United States. The September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States led to the realization among policymakers that instability, failed and failing states, and...

"The countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo - form a core European region. The region is known for its instability and recent history of wars and civil conflicts, but far less is known about the...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Initial conditions: Yugoslavia and Albania -- chapter 3 The early reformers: Croatia, Macedonia and Albania -- chapter 4 The late reformers: BiH, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo -- chapter 5 Privatization and foreign direct investment -- chapter 6...