Role of EU’s Normative Power in Western Balkans

Subject Areas : International Relations

احمد نقیب زاده ¹ (استاد روابط بین الملل دانشگاه تهران)
حسین تفضلی ² (استادیار علوم سیاسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران مرکزی)
مهدی نیکخواه قمی ³ (دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد مطالعات منطقه ای دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران مرکزی)

Received: 2014-11-25 Accepted : 2015-03-14 Published : 2015-05-22

Keywords: Keywords: Normative power, military power, Non-military power, WesternBalkan region, EuropeUnion,

Abstract :

     Abstract       European Union is one of most important international actors that wants in addition to expanding its economic influence, emerge as a major international power and in this regard, especially after the Maastricht Treaty has taken important step towards increasing its international political weight. After the formation of the European Union, issue of its formation as a whole was discussed in political and academic circles and different views were introduced. Normative power approach which was introduced by Manners, created new literature in international scene and at the same time prompted supporters and opponents. On the other hand, Western Balkan region, which mainly consists of former Yugoslavia countries, has particular importance for European Union. Geographical proximity, historical and cultural commonalities and the shared border areas have created grounds for development of relations between the two sides. Therefore, in this article, the question is what is the impact of European Union’s normative power on countries of Western Balkan? What Instruments European Union has used and what challenges facing it? In addition to theoretical dimension of research and measures and applied policies, this paper believes that the relative stability of this unstable region and its alignment with the West is due to European Union’s normative power.    

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