Tivat 2026: the EU faced with a choice between phased integration of the Western Balkans and a strategic blockade of enlargement amid global geopolitical competition

IFIMES maintains that the European Union faces a stark choice: either to develop a flexible and functional integration model to facilitate the swifter inclusion of the Western Balkans through tailored institutional arrangements, or to allow the region to remain in a protracted zone of uncertainty, exposed to intensified influence of the Russian Federation, China and other global actors.

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Since 2002 the work of International institute IFIMES is a reflection of our common reality and the need for the world to reach common solutions. Common interests and bonds among different policies, nations, religions, world regions and diverse interest parties are essential. The area of research and work of International institute IFIMES is the Middle East (MENA- Middle East and North Africa) and the Balkans (South-Eastern Europe), where relations among different entities are additionally puzzled by religious, ethnic, national and racial grounds. IFIMES has special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC/UN since 2018. IFIMES is also the publisher of the international scientific journal European Perspectives.

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