... Belgrade–Sarajevo highway, which should be expected to be taken as far as the Croatian border.
Turkey’s role in the region will most likely increase. However, the most dramatic... ... development of Southeast Europe. It is possible that the economic interests of China and the European Union could clash in the Balkans.
Second, we should state that, militarily and politically, Southeast Europe... ... Balkan states to become a part of NATO, coupled with the ongoing confrontation between Russia and the West, means that the region is faced with the task of finding ways to...
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Presently, an extremely unstable situation has developed in the Balkans, with a potentially adverse effect both on the Balkan countries ... ... tensions between regional players.
Present-day situation
The European Union offered all the Balkan peoples a so-called “European ... ... simply has neither resources, nor desire to do it.
RIAC Longread “Russia in the Balkans”: Interests of the Leading Actors, Russia’s ... ... strengthen their positions in the global confrontation. Russia, China, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, which are accumulating more and more ...
... precision and help develop a strategy for interacting with the countries of the region.
Russia's withdrawal from the Balkans means a loss of standing in southeast Europe, which will limit room for action in the Mediterranean. That will result in the European Union and NATO exerting even greater pressure on the Transcaucasian states and Belarus. The loss of the Balkans will narrow Russia's room for manoeuvre in its relations with Turkey, a country that is bolstering its standing in Southeast Europe. Russia's position in its talks with China will weaken; for China, the Balkans is the final point in the New Silk Road and a region that is nearly unknown from the point of view of ...
Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
Relations ... ... include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern ... ... that has been further antagonizing relations.
First, NATO-member Turkey
shot down
a Russian aircraft in November 2015 — an action ... ... possibility impact the Russian-controlled northern Caucasus?
The Western Balkans
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