You are here: Home
(3) EU Integration of Kosovo
Created on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 06:46 | Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 06:46 | 
After Independence
The role of international institutions in Kosovo has been crucial to restoring peace and assisting in the institutional building process and democratization after the war. The presence of these institutions has ensured that Kosovo did not slip into post conflict anarchy but upheld law and order, for all its isolated problems; although a big contribution in this sense can be attributed to the population itself and their tradition of hospitality and mutual respect.
(3) EU Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Created on Friday, 04 March 2016 05:31 | Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 April 2016 06:58 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina faces a long road as it tries to become EU member
01 March 2016
Following concerted international pressure, Republika Srpska President Dodik 8 Feb announced controversial planned referendum challenging authority of state judiciary to be postponed. Bosnia submitted formal EU membership application 15 Feb.
(3) EU Brief History
Created on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 08:25 | Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2016 08:46 |
Map of the EU and Aspirant Countries
Source: Delegation of the European Union to the United States, “On the Path to EU Membership: The EU Enlargement Process,” EU Insight, December 2010; adapted and updated by CRS.
(2) EU Brief History
Created on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 08:14 | Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2016 08:46 |
Does the EU Have a Foreign Policy?
The EU has a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), in which member states adopt common policies, undertake joint actions, and pursue coordinated strategies in areas in which they can reach consensus. CFSP was established in 1993; the eruption of hostilities in the Balkans in the early 1990s and the EU’s limited tools for responding to the crisis convinced EU leaders that the Union had to improve its ability to act collectively in the foreign policy realm. Previous EU attempts to further such political integration had foundered for decades on member state concerns about protecting national sovereignty and different foreign policy prerogatives.
CFSP decision-making is dominated by the member states and requires the unanimous agreement of all 28. Member states must also ensure that national policies are in line with agreed EU strategies and positions (e.g., imposing sanctions on a country). However, CFSP does not preclude individual member states pursuing their own national foreign policies or conducting their own national diplomacy.
Translate
