Endgame in the Balkans
Subtitle: Regime Change, European Style
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: October 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780815771609
Subjects: Diplomacy; Political Science; History & Theory - General; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Ideologies - Democracy; European Union; 1989-; Balkan Peninsula; Politics and government
Description: Veteran journalist Pond asks, Can Europe tame the Balkans? She first describes the 1990s Yugoslav wars and the region's yearning to join the European Union. Exploring the premise that the Balkans should be treated as an integral part of today's Europe, she describes how the lure of EU membership is shaping the Balkans--and how Balkan developments are reshaping the EU. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and decades of experience as a foreign correspondent, Pond describes the political, economic, and ethnic challenges as each Balkan land seeks to vault from the 19th to the 21st century. Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, and Montenegro must all carry out painful reforms to qualify for EU membership by establishing democratic institutions, rule of law, and general tolerance. Pond examines the tension between these demands and traditional mindsets engendered by years of poverty, corruption, and chauvinism.--From publisher description.