Tough Love: The European Union's Relations with the Western Balkans

by Steven Blockmans

The European Union has come a long way in the Western Balkans in just a few years. Where, in the 1990s, the EU stood by and watched the Balkans burn, it was the US, within NATO, that acted decisively to stop the wars. In the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis, the Union finally found its voice to say no to new armed conflict in the heart of Europe. As part of the international presence in the region, the EU adopted sanctions, brokered political agreements,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9067042587
• ISBN13: 9789067042581
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"