| cover story
|  | Crisis and Perspectives
by Yannos Papantoniou
For the last two decades, Southeastern Europe met, like other European regions, outstanding developments. The most significant difference between Southeast Europe and other regions is that the collapse of the communist regimes unleashed uncontrollable powers that led t...read more » |
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 | What we do there...
by Dimitris Droutsas
Greece is once again taking a leading role in the Balkans. We are sending messages to the countries of the region to the effect that they can once again count on Greek support with a vision of European integration.
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 | European Union as a challenge
by Dr. Milan Parivodic
The world economic crisis did not leave a major impact on Serbia because it was not involved into the international economic arena as much as other international business and other more developed countries. In some cases though, the luck of liquidity has led companies to ...read more » |
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 | Restart the growth to change the Balkans
by Cristian Bichi
I will focus on how and to what extent the global economic and financial crisis spilled over to Romania and what were the policy responses to these developments. I will also make some remarks on the outlook for the Romanian economy and on challenges in the future period.
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 | entering the EU
by Spyros Kouvelis
The enlargement of the European Union has always been an important, independent chapter of European integration and not simply a corollary of the Community’s success or of the notion of the Single Market. European integration was aimed from the outset at Europe’s ...read more » |
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 | steps forward into the European integration processes
by Neven Mimica
Croatia is a candidate country for the European Union membership and our accession negotiations are getting well underway. Once we managed to agree how to proceed with a solution to the border issue with Slovenia, we are now in a position to conclude the technical part of our ac...read more » |
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 | THE WAY AHEAD
by Håkan Malmqvist
While it is still early to assess the outcome of the on-going enlargement during the Swedish Presidency, I’ll try to summarize the achievements so far and give an outlook that links the future of enlargement policy with the broader institutional changes, ...read more » |
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 | reconstructing the area
by Daniel Speckhard
I will focus on the U.S. Administration’s priorities for the region – and particularly the Western Balkans – and how we are working in partnership with our European friends to get where we need to go.
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 | creating a common energy point
by Vladimir Chkhikvishvili
I will concentrate on Russian gas and oil supplies to the region. To begin with I would like to point out that such projects as Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline and “South Stream” gas pipeline do not represent - as it is often deemed - a “pol...read more » |
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 | U.S.-GREECE TASK FORCE: TRANSFORMING THE BALKANS
Security, Political Stability, and Economic Development
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Hellenic Centre for European Studies (EKEM)
While the past
decade has witnessed remarkable progress in stabilizing the Western Balkans and positioning the region on the lad...read more » |
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 | the impact of pipelines
by Riccardo Puliti
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an International Financial Institution (IFI) which is owned by an array of states and other institutions, such as the EC and the EIB. The states members of the EU own around 64% of the capital of the EBRD but the ...read more » |
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 | financing the infrastructure projects in the Balkans
by Christos Gofas
The issue of the panel today is the infrastructure works in Western Balkans. I want to present to you the Western Balkans Investment Framework. What it is, how it works and what interest it could present for Greek and the Greek businesses.
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 | priorities of Greece
by Louka Τ. Katseli
The subject areas of today’s conference “South-Eastern Europe: Crisis and Perspectives” is as well-timed as ever. The countries of our neighbourhood are on a critical turning point. They have to face significant challenges, mainly in the area of economy...read more » |
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| book reviews
|  | The Incomplete Breakthrough in Greek-Turkish Relations
By Dimitris Xenakis
Greece’s decision to lift its veto and grant candidate status to Turkey at the Ε Summit in Helsinki in December 1999 was the result of a paramount shift in Greece's foreign policy that most analysts attributed to Greece's entry into the European Community in ...read more » |
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