The EU and Arms Control: Building Capacities in the Western Balkans
Journal: Društvene i humanističke studije
Year: 2025

The paper examines the European Union’s arms control policies, capabilities and infrastructure and determines the development of these policies and the relevant strategic and institutional infrastructure in the Western Balkans. It uses the nuclear pessimist approach to explain the theoretical underpinnings of the EU’s approach to arms control and compare the Western Balkans stands in relation to the EU’s. The authors present the EU policy toward the various arms control issues and examine the le