Albania amidst the external actors' influence : the Open Balkan initiative : a Russian trojan horse or a faster approach to regional cooperation?
| dc.contributor.author | BESHKU, Klodiana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-09T15:50:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-09T15:50:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | Published online: 19 June 2023 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study analyzes Albania’s position in the middle of the political “chessboard” created by the most influential external actors after the EU and the USA in the Western Balkans, namely, Russia, China, Türkiye, and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Firstly, this paper examines Albania’s position among these various actors by categorizing them as either benign or malign toward the country. It explores Albania’s multifaceted attitudes within the context of regional dynamics in the Western Balkans. Second, the study sheds light on how the Open Balkan (OB) initiative has shaped these regional relations. Third, it focuses on Albania’s attempt to become a crucial actor at the regional level concerning its European integration path through the Berlin Process and, lately, through the Open Balkan initiative. Finally, the last part links the external actors - mainly Russia - to infiltrations through the Open Balkan initiative, interference, and the pursuit of specific interests within the country. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/77721 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
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| dc.publisher | Prague Security Studies Institute | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | PSSI | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Analytical Report | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Western Balkans at the crossroads | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2024 | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://www.pssi.cz/publications/104-albania-amidst-the-external-actors-influence-the-open-balkan-initiative-a-russian-trojan-horse-or-a-faster-approach-to-regional-cooperation | en |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
| dc.title | Albania amidst the external actors' influence : the Open Balkan initiative : a Russian trojan horse or a faster approach to regional cooperation? | en |
| dc.type | Technical Report | en |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7728-4468 | |
| person.identifier.other | 43783 | |
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