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Table of Contents
- _Int_nILLFsY6 5
- _Hlk159333039 11
- _Hlk153313109 17
- Foreword 3
- Acknowledgment 3
- About the Editor 3
- Bosnia and Herzegovina at a Euro-Atlantic Crossroads: Introducing a “New Security” Pact 4
- Introduction 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina’s NATO Status 5
- Regional Threats to BiH 5
- Political and Strategic Limitations of EUFOR 6
- A “New Security” Pact for BiH 8
- From Crisis Management to Stability and Integration: Navigating Kosovo’s Security Landscape 10
- Introduction 10
- Kosovo’s Evolving Security Landscape 11
- Challenges in Kosovo’s Policing 12
- Kosovo Security Force, NATO, and Regional Stability 14
- Conclusion 16
- Recommendations for policymakers 16
- Introduction 18
- Montenegro’s Security Tapestry 18
- Recommendations 22
- Internal Challenges 21
- Navigating Contemporary Security Challenges 20
- Identity Insecurity: North Macedonia’s Challenging Relationship With Itself and Others 24
- Abstract 24
- A State Captured: How Greek Nationalism Played Into the Hands of a Local Autocrat 25
- Bottom-up Democratization, a Foreign Policy Focus, and a Global Pandemic 26
- A Faraway Union: How the EU Threw the Country Into Turmoil, Again 27
- Identity (In)Secured: Why State Confidence Matters 27
- Maleficent ‘Friends’: How North Macedonia’s Insecurity Helps Serbia’s Autocrat 28
- An Ally Unconvinced and the Road Ahead 29
- Spinning and Hedging: Serbia’s National Security Posture 31
- Introduction 31
- The National Security System in Serbia 32
- Threat Perception 33
- Serbia’s Kosovo Policy 34
- Foreign, Defense, and Security Policy 35
- Conclusion 37
- Insecurity and Economies of Care 38
- Introduction 38
- Feminist Political Economy and Security Studies 39
- Western Balkans: Economy of Care and Neglect 40
- Global Crisis of Care and Western Balkans 42
- Gendered Effects 43
- Where to, Western Balkans? 43
