Western Balkans Geopolitical Significance: the United Arab Emirate’s Perspective

Adam Krzymowski, Zayed University

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Balkan Social Science Review

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Abstract

The subject of the study is the relationship between entities in the Western Balkans and the United Arab Emirates as a process of adaptation to a new international environment and, consequently, the adoption of new roles and positions. The research question adopted is: What are the new role and the Western Balkans position from the perspective of the dynamics of relations between the countries of this region and the United Arab Emirates? To find an answer to the research question, appropriate scientific measures and methods were adopted, based on the theory of adaptation and international roles, using quantitative and qualitative methods. The answer to the posed research question is the statement that the Western Balkans, from their relations with the United Arab Emirates perspective, achieve a stronger role and position as a connector of strategic North-South transport and energy routes. However, the condition for the long-term increase in the importance of the Western Balkans is anchoring in the membership of the European Union and the Three Seas Initiative (3SI). The answers and the results obtained are significant because the problem under consideration concerns the processes of shaping a new international order. In addition, the presented research paper is innovative and based on original data. Thus, the results of the completed research described in this article set future directions of research focusing on the interdependence of processes taking place in the Western Balkans-Middle East-Caucasus triangle.

ISSN

1857-8799

Publisher

Goce Delchev University - Shtip

Volume

21

First Page

167

Last Page

197

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Keywords

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Western Balkans

Scopus ID

85163669360

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license

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