Re-awakening of nationalism in Southeastern Europe
Analysis Conflict and Fragility

Re-awakening of nationalism in Southeastern Europe

25 Oct 2017 - 15:10
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In Southeastern Europe, the process of democratisation and Europeanisation as a major paradigm since the beginning of the 2000s made the EU and many in the Western Balkans believe the time of wars and nationalist excesses belongs to the past. Recent events teach us the contrary. The new rise of nationalism across the Western Balkans is the major challenge for the European democratic project for the region.

Read the full article in our dossier: 'The Western Balkans at the edge?'

Authors

Vedran Džihić
Senior researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs