Doris Wydra is Senior Researcher at the University of Salzburg, Germany.Klaudia Koxha is a researcher at the University of Salzburg, Germany, and Junior researcher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.Klodiana Beshku is Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania.

• 1: New Dynamics of Contestation in EU-Western Balkans Relations – Adapting to Protracted Accession Processes under Conditions of Intensified Geopolitical Rivalry.- 2: Theorising Contestation in the Western Balkans.- 3: From Contestation to Illiberalism: Entrenching Non-Democratic Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- 4: Energetic Alliances: Russian-Serbian Clientelist Networks and the Contestation of EU Norms.- 5: EU Enlargement under Geopolitical Imperatives: Norm Contestation in Montenegro’s Accession Process.- 6: Good Neighbourly Relations: Strategic Actors in North Macedonia and Member State-Driven Conditions.- 7: Small Parties and the Contestation of the EU in North Macedonia: Marginal Actors, Substantial Gains.- 8: The Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue – A Catalyst for Contestation.- 9: The Role of Humiliation in EU Contestation: A Study of Türkiye and Serbia.- 10: Neo-Ottomanism or Pan-European Partnership? Shifting EU Perceptions of Türkiye’s Influence in the Western Balkans.- 11 Contesting EU Labour Norms in Albania: Between Compliance and Structural Constraints.- 12: Once Upon a Time in Europe: New World Order and Contestation in the Western Balkans.- 13: Conclusion: EU Enlargement in Times of Contestation.

Doris Wydra is Senior Researcher at the University of Salzburg, Germany.Klaudia Koxha is a researcher at the University of Salzburg, Germany, and Junior researcher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.Klodiana Beshku is Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania.

• 1: New Dynamics of Contestation in EU-Western Balkans Relations – Adapting to Protracted Accession Processes under Conditions of Intensified Geopolitical Rivalry.- 2: Theorising Contestation in the Western Balkans.- 3: From Contestation to Illiberalism: Entrenching Non-Democratic Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- 4: Energetic Alliances: Russian-Serbian Clientelist Networks and the Contestation of EU Norms.- 5: EU Enlargement under Geopolitical Imperatives: Norm Contestation in Montenegro’s Accession Process.- 6: Good Neighbourly Relations: Strategic Actors in North Macedonia and Member State-Driven Conditions.- 7: Small Parties and the Contestation of the EU in North Macedonia: Marginal Actors, Substantial Gains.- 8: The Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue – A Catalyst for Contestation.- 9: The Role of Humiliation in EU Contestation: A Study of Türkiye and Serbia.- 10: Neo-Ottomanism or Pan-European Partnership? Shifting EU Perceptions of Türkiye’s Influence in the Western Balkans.- 11 Contesting EU Labour Norms in Albania: Between Compliance and Structural Constraints.- 12: Once Upon a Time in Europe: New World Order and Contestation in the Western Balkans.- 13: Conclusion: EU Enlargement in Times of Contestation.

Doris Wydra is Senior Researcher at the University of Salzburg, Germany.Klaudia Koxha is a researcher at the University of Salzburg, Germany, and Junior researcher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.Klodiana Beshku is Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania.

• 1: New Dynamics of Contestation in EU-Western Balkans Relations – Adapting to Protracted Accession Processes under Conditions of Intensified Geopolitical Rivalry.- 2: Theorising Contestation in the Western Balkans.- 3: From Contestation to Illiberalism: Entrenching Non-Democratic Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- 4: Energetic Alliances: Russian-Serbian Clientelist Networks and the Contestation of EU Norms.- 5: EU Enlargement under Geopolitical Imperatives: Norm Contestation in Montenegro’s Accession Process.- 6: Good Neighbourly Relations: Strategic Actors in North Macedonia and Member State-Driven Conditions.- 7: Small Parties and the Contestation of the EU in North Macedonia: Marginal Actors, Substantial Gains.- 8: The Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue – A Catalyst for Contestation.- 9: The Role of Humiliation in EU Contestation: A Study of Türkiye and Serbia.- 10: Neo-Ottomanism or Pan-European Partnership? Shifting EU Perceptions of Türkiye’s Influence in the Western Balkans.- 11 Contesting EU Labour Norms in Albania: Between Compliance and Structural Constraints.- 12: Once Upon a Time in Europe: New World Order and Contestation in the Western Balkans.- 13: Conclusion: EU Enlargement in Times of Contestation.