A bridge over troubled borders: Europeanising the Balkans

Nov 08, 2010

Rosa Balfour

Senior Adviser on Europe in the World

In this Policy Brief, issued on the eve of the adoption of new European Commission’s enlargement package on the progress of candidates for EU membership (9 November), Rosa Balfour and Dijana Basic examine the myriad border disputes simmering in the Balkans.

Read the full paper here

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