... century to denote smuggling routes that run through the peninsula (cigarettes, weapons, drugs and human organs) and may bear relation to certain political leaders, legitimized by Western Europe. However, it should be noted that since ancient times the Balkans have efficiently performed a transit and cushioning function between the East and the West. In the 5th century BC the Persians moved to Greece along the same routes as the refugees do now to get into Europe. Alexander the Great led his army into ...
The US visit by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic must be considered primarily in the context of the
Individual Partnership Action Plan
between the Republic of Serbia and NATO), signed in January 2015. This comprehensive document established a framework for the parties’ collaboration and step-by-step alignment in all areas: military technical cooperation; regional cooperation; economic, legal and law enforcement reform; ethnic issues and EU integration. The visit aims, therefore, to...
... participants included analysts and politicians from the Balkan and EU countries, Turkey and Russia represented by RIAC Program Coordinator Daria Khaspekova, who have discussed ways for development of Balkan states in the modern world.
In 2004, when the European Union was incorporating some of the Baltic and CEE countries, political and expert circles were full of great expectations as it seemed that the Cold War thinking was prevailed and the Balkan states were about joining the EU as well. Europe was ...
