The Western Balkans and EU-NATO relations

Abstract

Since the end of the cold war a lot of things have changed in theinternational relations in the entire world. The profound changes initiated aprocess of transformation both in NATO and EU. The tragic events ofSeptember 11th had a further strong influence on the desire of bothorganizations to adapt to the new environment. Meanwhile the relations ofthese two most important organizations of the political West have been thesubject in the center of many analyses. In essence, the end of the Cold Warprofoundly changed the central parameters of the relationship betweenEurope and the US. The developments in the Western Balkans have been veryimportant in shaping the EU-NATO relations to be more defined. Thefollowing paper will examine the Integration process of Western Balkans andunder the influence of transatlantic relations.