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{{Document
|title=Document:The Balkans: Courruption as a Weapon of War, the Vulnerabilities to Corruption and Malign Influence
|type=project proposal
|authors=Euan Grant
|leaked=Yes
|publication_date=17 10 2018
|image=Screenshot II - Balkans AC Effort (Draft) - 140818.png
|source_name=Anonymous
|source_URL=https://www.cyberguerrilla.org/blog/operation-integrity-initiative-british-informational-war-against-all-part-6/II - Balkans AC Effort (Draft) - 140818
|subjects=Balkans, influence, Russia
|constitutes= Integrity Initiative/Leak/6
|description= 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
|note=The Anonymous file is named 'draft'. The format has been edited for clarity
}}
[[INTEGRITY INITIATIVE]]

THE BALKANS: CORRUPTION AS A WEAPON OF WAR, THE VULNERABILITIES TO CORRUPTION AND MALIGN INFLUENCE

CONTEXT

Six Balkan countries<ref>[[Serbia]], [[Bosnia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Albania]]
</ref> wishing to accede to EU. Russian hostility to proposal + traditional Soviet ties. Already severe fragility in region catalyzed by hard-line nationalist groups (all sides) and corruption (posing threat to European core values /undermining democracy), and exacerbated by poverty and high unemployment (esp. youth). NATO-related issues<ref>Currently [[Albania]] is a full [[NATO]] member and [[Montenegro]] is a prospective member
</ref> (esp. with new accession possibilities) and interests in region of China, Turkey, Gulf States and V4

==OUTPUTS==

1. Awareness of policy / strategy trajectories of non-EU Balkan States, and alignment (or otherwise) and supportiveness to EU policy and strategy

2. Awareness of the vulnerability to corruption of non-EU Balkan States, and corrupt practice that undermines their democratic processes

3. Awareness of [[Russian]] (and other) malign influence and strategic thinking in / for the non-EU Balkan States

4. 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

==OUTCOMES==

1. Understanding of the nature and extent of [[corruption]] and malign influence, and vulnerabilities to corruption and malign influence (particularly Russian) that have the potential to / are leading to the undermining of democracy and creation of fragility in the non-EU Balkan States

2. EU policy / strategy considerations in pursuing accession of non-EU Balkan States and the mitigation of risks to the process

==IMPACT==

Guidance to UK policy and strategy to support eliminating vulnerabilities to corruption in non-EU Balkan States, fighting corruption and mitigating Russian (and associated) malign influence