The Evolution of the EU‟s Security Model Through the Lenses of the Balkans

作     者：Evanthia Balla 

作者机构：University of EvoraEvoraPortugal 

出 版 物：《International Relations and Diplomacy》 (国际关系与外交（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第9卷第6期

页      面：232-243页

学科分类：08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：European Union Western Balkans security unity power world order 

摘      要：As the world stage evolves,the EU has faced multiple security challenges in terms of instability and geostrategic competition starting in its back *** the end of the Cold War,the security model of Europe has been evolving as a response to internal as well as to external *** Balkans has since played a key role in the European security system and ***,the Western Balkans remains fragile,and the external pressures and internal divisions could deliver fresh instability to the ***,this scenario forms a fit-for-purpose case study to test the EU‟s future security *** can be argued that the EU has the power of adaptation and growth,although its internal malfunctions have scrutinised its influence in the region and beyond,while other great powers urge to fill the power *** a result,a quantum leap forward in EU leadership appears to be *** article first outlines the EU‟s deepening and widening security ***,it examines the weaknesses and strengths of the EU‟s current security *** then observes the role and perspectives of the region s key strategic allies and competitors:the United States,Russia,and ***,it discusses the EU‟s future model.