001471997 000__ 04473cam\\22006377i\4500 001471997 001__ 1471997 001471997 003__ OCoLC 001471997 005__ 20230908003325.0 001471997 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001471997 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001471997 008__ 230725s2023\\\\sz\\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001471997 019__ $$a1390726603$$a1390920388 001471997 020__ $$a3031343182$$qelectronic book 001471997 020__ $$a9783031343186$$q(electronic bk.) 001471997 020__ $$z3031343174 001471997 020__ $$z9783031343179 001471997 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-031-34318-6$$2doi 001471997 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)1391110127 001471997 040__ $$aGW5XE$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cGW5XE$$dEBLCP$$dYDX$$dN$T 001471997 043__ $$aed-----$$aaw----- 001471997 049__ $$aISEA 001471997 050_4 $$aDR48.6$$b.G46 2023 001471997 08204 $$a320.1209496$$223/eng/20230725 001471997 24500 $$aGeopolitical turmoil in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean /$$cHall Gardner, editor. 001471997 264_1 $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2023. 001471997 300__ $$a1 online resource (209 pages) 001471997 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001471997 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001471997 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001471997 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001471997 5050_ $$aChapter 1. Widening Gyre in the New Near East: Alliances in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Chapter 2. EU Enlargement and Regional Geopolitics of the Western Balkans -- Chapter 3. Autocratic Powers, the Balkans and Democratic Decline -- Chapter 4. Italy, the Balkans and the East Mediterranean: Regional NATO-E.U. Integration -- Chapter 5. Turkey and the Western Balkans -- Chapter 6. Active or reactive? Greek foreign policy in East Mediterranean and Southeast Europe -- Chapter 7. An Analysis of Albanian Foreign Relations and Foreign Policy Interests -- Chapter 8. The Eastern Mediterranean, Africa and Libya After Qaddafi: Conflict, Terrorism, & Migration -- Chapter 9. Energy and Regional Geopolitics in the Western Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean -- Chapter 10. The Western Balkans and the Geopolitics of Populations -- Chapter 11. Western Balkans and environmental issues -- Conclusion. 001471997 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001471997 520__ $$aThis edited book will examine the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean from multidimensional geo-strategic, political-economic, socio-cultural/religious and demographic perspectives. It analyzes the conflicting geopolitical interests of the major and regional powers, as well as those of NATO and the European Union, with a focus on energy, democracy and corruption, shifts in population, as well as religious political influence. The authors argue that the US, NATO and EU leaderships can no longer afford to ignore the two regions if the increasing potential for conflict is to be averted. The Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean are returning to a major position in the contemporary geostrategic nexus since NATO began a new expansion into the Balkans by bringing Montenegro in 2017 and North Macedonia in March 2020 into membership, after its previous expansion to Slovenia in NATOs Big Bang in 2004 and to both Albania and Croatia in 2009. Hall Gardner is Full Professor of History and Politics at The American University of Paris, France. 001471997 650_0 $$aGeopolitics$$zBalkan Peninsula. 001471997 650_0 $$aGeopolitics$$zMiddle East. 001471997 651_0 $$aBalkan Peninsula$$xPolitics and government$$y1989- 001471997 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xPolitics and government$$y1979- 001471997 651_0 $$aBalkan Peninsula$$xStrategic aspects. 001471997 651_0 $$aMiddle East$$xStrategic aspects. 001471997 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 001471997 7001_ $$aGardner, Hall,$$eeditor. 001471997 77608 $$iPrint version:$$tGEOPOLITICAL TURMOIL IN THE BALKANS AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.$$d[Place of publication not identified] : PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2023$$z3031343174$$w(OCoLC)1377698578 001471997 852__ $$bebk 001471997 85640 $$3Springer Nature$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-34318-6$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 001471997 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1471997$$pGLOBAL_SET 001471997 980__ $$aBIB 001471997 980__ $$aEBOOK 001471997 982__ $$aEbook 001471997 983__ $$aOnline 001471997 994__ $$a92$$bISE