EU-Western Balkans Future Relations: Exploring Liberal vs. Realist Scenarios

Dr. Labinot Greiçevci is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE) and the Executive Director of the Research Institute of Development and European Affairs (RIDEA). With over 12 years of teaching experience at various universities in Kosovo and broader Europe, he specialises in international affairs, the EU’s external affairs and enlargement policy, and the EU-Western Balkans relations. He has also held research positions at renowned institutions, including Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford.

• 1. Introduction and Background .-2. Theoretical and Conceptual Discussions.-3. Scenario I: Continuation of the Status Quo and Implications for the EU and the Western Balkans States .-4. Scenario II: Slow-Motion Enlargement (Limited Access to the Internal Market without Concrete Enlargement - Standard Track) and Implications for the EU and the Western Balkans States.-5.Scenario III: Fast-Track Enlargement (Geopolitical and/or Geostrategic) and Implications for the EU and the Western Balkans States.-6.Conclusions.