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Southeastern Europe and European Security Architecture

Ever since their creation the states in South-Eastern Europe have been experiencing problems with their security. They were feeling the rivalries existing between great prowers, they were exposed to their manipulation and were used as little powns in great games. At the same time, these countries were seeking foothold in alliances with great powers which in most cases never worked. The mechanisms and institutions of the international relations that should be leading to security, such as balance of power in international relations, diplomacy, or creation of alliances, did not bear positive results. On the other hand, all of these states were too weak to even consider some sorts of their own models of security, built by themselves, that would enable them to counter the external powers. The unstable stability that has emerged in area of South-Eastern Europe controlled by the international military force is certainly better then wars and ethnical cleansing. But since this process in unfinshed, it is apparent that some time will elapse before these countries access European architecture, and that without a definite solution of the Yugoslav question, which is connected with the the emergence of the new democratic regime in Belgrade, there are no chances for resolving the potential crisis, nor for the development of some cooperative regional security that could lead the whole region to Europe.

Southeast Europe; security

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