Europeanisation of the Western Balkans

Florian Trauner is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Institute for European Integration Research, University of Vienna

‘The book is characterized by impressive depth of analysis, a convincing, functional structure, and clarity of presentation and argumenta­tion. Moreover, it calls on future studies to envisage policy conditionality for other sectors of integration as well, though it remains to be seen whether the success of visa liberalization can be repeated. Overall, it has been an extreme­ly enjoyable experience reading Florian Trauner’s The Europeanisation of the Western Balkans, and I am thankful for the opportunity to discuss this valuable piece of work.’Marko Kmezic, University of Graz, Austria, Southeastern Europe 42 (2018)

• Part 1- The analytical framework1 Introduction and research interest1.1. How strong is the EU’s leverage in South-Eastern Europe?1.2. The Europeanisation of the Western Balkans1.3. The analytical frameworkPart 2- EU policies and strategies for South-Eastern Europe2 EU policies for the Balkan borders2.1. The Schengen acquis2.2. The Schengen system as part of the accession criteria for candidatecountries2.3. The EU’s border security policies for the Western Balkans3 The Europeanisation strstegies for the Western Balkans3.1. The Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP): analysing the JHAdimension3.2. The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe3.3. The Ohrid Border Process: streamlining international effortsPart 3- The receiving end- governance mode and effectiveness4. Rule adoption in Croatia4.1. The procedural and institutional context 4.2. EU border security policies: an evaluation of their impact in Croatia4.3. Explaining Croatia’s process of adjusting to the EU5 Rule adoption in Macedonia5.1. The procedural and institutional context5.2. EU border security policies: an evaluation of their impact inMacedonia5.3. Explaining Macedonia’s process of adjusting to the EU6. Cross country discussion and outlook6.1. Assessing the EU’s pre-accession framework6.2. Developing policy-related conditionality: the role of the EU’s visaregime6.3. Outlook: the EU’s visa policy in the European Neighbourhood Policy(ENP)Part 4- Conclusions7. ConclusionsReferences