This chapter analyzes the EU-driven process of de-politicization (good governance reforms) which has accompanied the Europeanization of South Eastern Europe. It is argued that rather than to improve governance and the functionality of the state, good governance reforms have resulted in the...

The paper aims to identify the roots and causes of the failure of existing regional economic integration efforts in the Western Balkans and the poor prospects for similar attempts in the future. Existing classical political and economic approaches are enriched by identifying a framework of...

The aim of this paper is to provide a framework for the analysis of implications of various trade policy options for Albania. We study the impact of implementation of the Stablization and Association Agreement, free trade agreements with South-East European neighbors and reduction of the MFN...

This paper looks at the key trends of financial integration and analyzes the degree to which Western Balkan countries are internationally integrated in financial flows. With the aim of reviewing the development of financial integration in the region some the experience of Western Balkan regions...

Was the post-crisis growth slowdown in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) structural or cyclical? We use three different methods--production function approach, basic multivariate filter, and multivariate filter with financial frictions--to evaluate potential growth and output gaps...

FDI has played a strong role in the export-led growth of eastern European countries that are now members of the European Union (EU). Largely sourced from advanced Europe, FDI inflows were motivated by the intention to pursue new markets and cost efficiency. Over time, foreign investment has...

The paper will focus on the trajectories the Western Balkans went after '90s, moving from a Balkanizations paradigm towards an Europeanization one. Although it is acknowledged that the transformations have been sometimes running in parallel and that there is no clear-cut of when a process ends...

On 29 March 2004, Romania submitted the instruments of ratification at the State Department of the United States of America, the main state of the Treaty of the North Atlantic Alliance. The present year we have celebrated the 15th anniversary since Romania became a member of NATO, but it has...

For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in prospective member states. We explore the relationship between migration and support for EU accession...