Download or read book The Impact of the EU on Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans written by Anastasiia Kudlenko and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book EU Accession and Security Sector Reform written by Arthur Hideo Alexejew and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of 1 July 2013, Croatia joined the EU as the first member state from the Western Balkans. Three of the current five candidate countries are from the same region that saw the end of dictatorship in the early 1990s followed by a series of military conflicts for almost a decade. It is arguably a challenge for the EU to include these countries and, therefore, the accession process for these candidate countries differs from previous accessions. Particular attention needs to be given to the reform of the security sector. This master's thesis sets out to research security sector reform in the accession process of candidate countries from the Western Balkans. For this purpose, the European Commission's Progress Reports of the past five years have been reviewed for reforms conducted in the security sector. Contrary to the initial assumption, the review indicates that all of the three candidate countries make slow progress in their security sector reforms. This raised the question on the influence of the EU's accession process on these countries in this particular reform issue. The subsequent discussion identified a combination of institutional factors on the part of the EU and specific domestic circumstances in the candidate countries on the other hand as possible explanation for the EU's decreased leverage in this issue. A further insight provided by this thesis is that given the sensitive nature of the security sector, research of reforms of core security actors such as the military or intelligence services requires special access to information.

Download or read book Peace and Security in the Western Balkans written by Nemanja Džuverović and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the main security threats, actors, and processes in the Western Balkans following the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Exploring the state of peace and security in the region it asks if a stable peace is achievable. The comparative framework explores state perspectives – from Serbia, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Kosovo – alongside military, political-societal, economic, and environmental security concerns. The interplay of international actors is also considered. Academics, scholars, and practitioners who deal with Balkan issues, either as a focus or comparatively, and have interests in security and peace studies will find the volume invaluable along with students of political science, security studies, peace studies, area studies (Eastern European studies and/or Southeast European studies), and international studies in general.

Download or read book Security Sector Transformation in Southeastern Europe and the Middle East written by Thanos P. Dokos and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most countries, security today is primarily measured in non-military terms and threats to security are non-military in nature. These threats include incompetent government, corruption, organized crime, insecure borders, smuggling, illegal migration, ethnic and religious conflict, and, of course, terrorism.

Download or read book Security Community Practices in the Western Balkans written by Sonja Stojanović Gajić and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1990s, the Western Balkans were the scene of prolonged and bloody inter-ethnic wars. Numerous issues remain unresolved; Bosnia is a dysfunctional state; Kosovo a disputed territory; Macedonia a fragile republic, however, it is hard now to imagine the renewal of inter-state armed conflict. Investigating the causes and mechanisms driving peaceful transformation in the Balkans, this book examines developments in the region and contributes to discussions on security community building. Focusing on how different professional communities work together in the creation of regional peace and security, it sheds new light on how diplomats, policemen, soldiers and others brought about the transformation from conflict to peace through their everyday practices. Conducted collaboratively by a research community based within the region, this volume will be highly relevant to scholars and researchers studying the Balkans, regional security, security communities and policymakers.

Download or read book Security Governance in Times of Complexity written by Anastasiia Kudlenko and published by Ibidem Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: this book uses the prism of security sector reform (SSR) to trace the co-evolution of the Western Balkans as part of the EU/Europe security community and the European Union (EU) as a security actor.

Download or read book Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans written by Marina Caparini and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Security Sector Governance in the Western Balkans 2004 written by István Gyarmati and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first installment of an annual publication of the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) providing ongoing analysis of security sector governance and reform efforts in the Western Balkans. Part I addresses regional and international themes, including regional and European integration, economic development, security sector reform in general, norms transfer, military spending, and border security. Part II includes analyses of the reform efforts of each country: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia.

Download or read book Security Governance in Times of Complexity The EU and Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans 1991 2013 written by Anastasiia Kudlenko and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framed by complexity-thinking, this book uses the prism of security sector reform (SSR) to trace the co-evolution of the Western Balkans as part of the EU/Europe security community and the European Union (EU) as a security actor. It aims to analyse the suitability and adaptability of EU security governance to a VUCA world, i.e. a world of increasing vulnerability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity--the world of transformative change. It takes a detailed view on the transformation of regional and state security in the Western Balkans and the EU's role in the process between 1991, the year that marked the flare-up of violence and large-scale conflict, and 2013, when the first state of the region joined the EU.

Download or read book Reform and Reconstruction of the Security Sector written by Alan Bryden and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Security sector reform (SSR) is widely recognised as key to conflict prevention, peace-building, sustainable development and democratisation. SSR has gained most practical relevance in the context of post-conflict reconstruction of so-called failed states' and states emerging from violent internal or inter-state conflict. As this volume shows, almost all states need to reform their security sectors to a greater or lesser extent, according to the specific security, political and socio-economic contexts, as well as in response to the new security challenges resulting from globalisation and post-9/11 developments. Contributions from academics and practitioners elaborate on both the conceptual underpinnings and the practical realities of security sector reform and - a crucial aspect of post-conflict peace-building - security sector reconstruction. "

Download or read book The Media and Security Sector Reform in the Western Balkans written by Svetlana Djurdjevic-Lukic and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Role of Parliament in Security Sector Reform in the Countries of the Western Balkans written by Miroslav Hadžić and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The European Union and the Security Sector Reform Practices written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Security Sector Governance in the Western Balkans written by Philipp Fluri and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The European Union and the Security Sector Reform Practices written by Oya Dursun-Ozkanca and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capacity Building for Peace The European Union s Impact on Security Sector Reform in Moldova and Georgia written by Marko Pajalic and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Europeanisation and Security Sector Reform written by I. Yusufi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This dissertation defines the scope of Macedonia-EU relationships, and examines the EU's role in Macedonia: from democracy promotion to security to candidate state building. The dissertation reviews these processes using the concept of Europeanisation within the concrete case study of Macedonia. The EU has played a significant role in resolution of the political turmoil in Macedonia and has undertaken various strategies to promote change in the countries of the Western Balkans. Its most effective tool has been conditionality. In the case of Macedonia, specific non-acquis related conditionalities were put in place. The focus in this context here is how the conditionality has changed with the emergence of prospect for EU membership? This thesis examines conditionality at the implementation level related with the Europeanisation processes, focusing on securitisation or stabilisation, democratisation and association. The case studies include Stabilisation and Association Process, Ohrid Framework Agreement, Security sector reform including police reform and EU security missions in the country. The conclusion of the thesis is that EU conditionality combined with the socialisation tools and support programmes, has been instrumental factor that has shaped the EU influence in the country and turned Macedonia into the recipient of the Europeanisation effects. It makes virtually impossible to disentangle the impact of the Europeanisation process from the fundamental processes of democratisation that dominated Macedonia's political landscape. The Ohrid reform strategy tackled the two most important concerns: stabilisation, and democratisation, bringing to completion the process that can be labelled as the process of 'candidate state building', another name of Europeanisation in Macedonia. The thesis shows that the Europeanisation concept was important element in understanding the changes seen in Macedonia and that its influence is not conditional on actual membership." Key words: EU, Macedonia, Europeanisation, conditionality, candidate state building, security sector reform.