The Great Powers’ Geopolitical Competition over the Balkans — The Influence of the Ukrainian Crisis
Journal: The Review of International Affairs
Year: 2022

The object of this paper is a geopolitical analysis of the great powers' competition in the Balkans. The main reason for the research is the unquestionable impact that the Ukrainian crisis, which is divided in the paper into two phases, has on the Balkans. The authors emphasised that competition between the US and Russia is dominant, while China is geopolitically suppressed. For the US, the main geopolitical framework is Euro-Atlanticism and the policy of NATO enlargement as its most important i