Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University, USA

The book is an extremely timely contribution to the scholarship on Western Balkans and foreign policy. Instead of looking at each state in isolation, this volume analyzes the Western Balkans through a network of linkages, shared interests and soft power that are much broader than the region itself.

Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK The Western Balkans in the World is a deeply thought-out, well researched and comprehensive exploration of the place of the region within the broader context of international relations. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the geopolitical relevance of the Western Balkans, and the wider challenges to the EuroвЂ“Atlantic integration of the region. The authors demonstrate how non-Western actors increasingly interact with, and influence the politics (internal and external) of, the Western Balkan states. James Ker-Lindsay, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK The Western Balkan countries have once again become a playground for wider global politics. This volume is a very timely contribution to our understanding of how these key international actors are seeking to exert influence in this important, but still unstable, region. However, there has been little by way of systematic or comparative analysis of their involvement and how they each pose a challenge to the wider processes of EuroвЂ“Atlantic integration. Introduction: the influence of external actors in the Western BalkansДЎ Security cooperation in the Western Balkans: cracks and erosion of EuroвЂ“Atlantic integration?Дў The economic development of the Western Balkans: the importance of non-EU actorsД¤ Bosnia and Herzegovina: abandoned by the West, embraced by the East?ДҐ Kosovo: between Western and non-Western statesД¦ North Macedonia: a fertile ground for external influencesДЁ Albania: new geopolitics and shifting linkagesДЎ0 China: a new geo-economic approach to the BalkansДЎ1 Turkey: forced marriage or marriage of convenience with the Western Balkans?ДЎ2 UAE: sultanism meets illiberal democracyДЄcademics and policy makers are increasingly interested in how Russia, China and Turkey are seeking to shape the Western Balkans.

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