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Through the Labyrinth of Regional Cooperation: How to Make Sense of Regional Integration in the Western Balkans

1 February, 2023

Written by:
  • Bojan Baća
  • Florian Bieber
  • Matteo Bonomi
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Through the Labyrinth of Regional Cooperation: How to Make Sense of Regional Integration in the Western Balkans

In the absence of a breakthrough in the EU integration of the Western Balkan six, the EU has been innovative in finding ways to keep the countries of the region interested in pursuing reforms. These include strengthening regional integration via the Berlin Process. Meanwhile some Western Balkan countries have initiated a parallel regional integration process called Open Balkan.

This policy brief analyses the scope, depth and limitations of regional integration in the Western Balkans, and considers whether it actually delivers the desired results or is rather a distraction from EU integration.

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Written by:
  • Bojan Baća
  • Florian Bieber
  • Matteo Bonomi
  • +2
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