Redefining the European Union as a Determinant of the Sustainability of the Western Balkans - A Case Study: Serbia and North Macedonia

Jelisavac Trošić, Sanja and Arnaudov, Mitko (2025) Redefining the European Union as a Determinant of the Sustainability of the Western Balkans - A Case Study: Serbia and North Macedonia. In: Book of Proceedings - The Balkans (the Western Balkans) and Europe (the European Union): Facing the Challenges of the World in the Transition Process. The Faculty of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Belgrade, pp. 47-56. ISBN 978-86-81806-09-8

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Abstract

The European Union’s (EU) movements represent significant factor in the sustainability of political entities in the Western Balkans (WB) due to the fact that membership is placed on a pedestal as a question of sustainability. The common characteristic of all political entities in the WB is precisely membership in the EU, placed as a strategic foreign policy goal. Therefore, of particular importance is to analyze and assess the directions of development of the EU in the ongoing political, economic and security circumstances in order to create a clearer insight for planning the foreign policy actions of political entities in the WB. The contribution of this paper is threefold: first, we will provide an answer to the question of how much the European perspective of the region is endangered; second, we will establish what political units within WB, using the case study of Serbia and North Macedonia, are doing in the direction of existing potential threats in the EU context on the political, security and economic fronts, and finally, we will answer the theoretical question about the room for maneuver of foreign policy and foreign economic action of small states in the given circumstances of international political, economic and security relations.

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