Balkans

The Balkans is an area of South Eastern Europe.

The number of years different parts of the Balkans were under Ottoman influence.

History

The European Union and NATO have expanded into the Balkans.

"Balkanisation" has come to mean splitting up into different regions.

Nation state	Description
Albania	A small country in Southeastern Europe.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	small nation in the Balkans.
Croatia	Formerly part of Yugoslavia, Croatia is westernising at a rapid rate, with membership of the European Union and NATO being achieved relatively quickly after independence.
Serbia	A nation state in the Balkans.

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Building Governance in the Western Balkans	project proposal	17 October 2018	Euan Grant	"The campaign will consider the digital landscape and the differing methods of coordinating on-line influencers, which could be through paid media, creative content or indirect 3rd party influencers". "Project risk: The proposed counter-measure narratives are themselves identified as external interference in WB6 countries"
Document:Chris Donnelly proposal to FCO	document	24 May 2018	Chris Donnelly	The local partner then needs to do or commission an assessment of the agents or promoters of corruption and influence, eg key businessmen or politicians, as well as opposition politicians and clean businessmen, journalists etc who can be allies. These we bring out on trips to London, HQ NATO etc.
Document:The Balkans: Courruption as a Weapon of War, the Vulnerabilities to Corruption and Malign Influence	project proposal	17 October 2018	Euan Grant	Awareness of Chinese, Turkish and V4 influence in non-EU Balkan States, and associated potential risks to be mitigated and opportunities that might be exploited; mitigating Russian (and associated) malign influence

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