Preliminary communication

Croatia in a Regional Context

Branko Caratan ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In this paper, the author examines the regional context of Croatian politics, highlighting the main reasons for its significance: involvement of the region in war in recent history, the rootedness, aside from that, of extremely strong economic, political and cultural bonds between the countries in the region, and the importance of cooperation in the region for EU accession and further economic development. On these grounds, the author seeks to examine the possibility for stabilisation of the region, and to establish what interests the neighbouring countries such as Italy, Austria, Hungary and others have in strenghtening the bonds with the new democracies in Central and Southeast Europe. All of this eventually provides the answer to the question what is the interest of the EU in this region’s stability and in its admission to the European Union

Keywords

Croatia’s regional surroundings; Southeast Europe as a region; regional comparative politics; regional cooperation; comparative politics

Hrčak ID:

29112

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/29112

Publication date:

1.2.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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