| Description |
1 online resource (58 pages) |
| Series |
Clingendael Report |
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Clingendael report.
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- 1. China's approach to the Western Balkans. -- 1.1 The regional level. -- 1.2 The economic domain. -- 1.3 The political domain. -- 1.4. The security domain. -- 1.5 Conclusions. -- 2. Reactions to China in the Western Balkans countries. -- 2.1 North Macedonia. -- 2.2 Kosovo. -- 2.3 Serbia. -- 2.4 Boxnia and Herzegovina. -- 2.5 Montenegro. -- 2.6 Albania. -- 2.7 Conclusions. -- 3. China and the EU in the Western Balkans: different strings attached. -- 3.1 EU and Chinese foreign policy objectives. -- 3.2 The formation of EU-Western Balkans linkages -- hampered by China? -- 3.3 EU standards and values -- affected by China? -- 3.4 Chinese effects on EU socialisation and accession conditionality mechanisms. -- 3.5 Conclusions. -- 4. Conclusions and recommendations |
| Summary |
This Clingendael Report explores whether and how China's approach to the six non-European Union (EU) countries of the Western Balkans (the WB6) relates to EU interests. It focuses in particular on the question of whether China's influence affects the behaviour of the WB6 governments in ways that run counter to the EU's objectives in the region. China engages with the Western Balkans primarily as a financier of infrastructure and a source of direct investment. This is in line with China's main strategic objective for the Western Balkans - that is, to develop the Land-Sea Express Corridor, a component of its Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at improving China-EU connectivity |
| Notes |
"August 2020." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Clingendael, viewed September 24, 2020) |
| Subject |
Diplomatic relations.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Foreign relations -- North Macedonia
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China -- Foreign relations -- Kosovo (Republic)
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China -- Foreign relations -- Serbia
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China -- Foreign relations -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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China -- Foreign relations -- Montenegro
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China -- Foreign relations -- Albania
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European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Balkan Peninsula
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Albania.
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Balkan Peninsula.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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China.
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European Union countries.
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Kosovo (Republic)
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Montenegro.
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North Macedonia.
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Serbia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shopov, Vladimir, author
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Putten, Frans-Paul van der, author
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Petkova, Mirela, author
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Lemstra, Maarten, author
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Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen "Clingendael", publisher.
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