274 KB76 KB196520252017Grizold, AntonSkočajič Juvan, Ninaštevilka:2letnik:54str. 241-264, 422ISSN:0040-3598COBISSID_HOST:34921565URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-OZ611ZA3enVisoka šola za politične vedeTeorija in praksaBalkan PeninsulaBalkanski polotokDemocratizationDemokratizacijaEuropean securityEvropska varnostInternational securityMednarodna varnostNation-buildingRekonstrukcija državeThe complex of security in the Western Balkans| processes and issues|After the wars came to an end following Yugoslavia's dissolution, the Western Balkans (WB) embarked upon a path of transition and reform which for various political, security, economic and other reasons is still continuing today. Based on a broader analysis of the security framework in the region, this paper identifies the main transformative processes and analyses their elements and implications, which constitute the complex security in the WB. We assess the situation at the level of individual countries and extrapolate the findings for the whole region and Europe. With a view to evaluating the region's dynamics and underlying issues that correlate with and mutually impact on each other, we divide the transformation period into three processes: stabilisation with state-building, democratisation with institution-building, and Euro-Atlantic integration. Western Balkans security has been becoming ever more complex in the past 25 years due to these unfinished processes together with unresolved past issues arising from inter-related and mutually reinforcing political, socio-economic and ethno-national elements. Moreover, new-old security challenges have emerged that are further complicating the state of security. Instead of making progress with the democratic transition and the integration path, the various elements' interaction seems to place the region at risk of destabilisation and stalled progress coupled with the fact that not all requirements for stability have so far been met. The analysis concludes that the security framework is becoming increasingly complex and aggravated, in turn affecting the whole region's functioning and development and thus the entire Continent's stability and prosperityPo koncu vojn, ki so sledile razpadu Jugoslavije, je zahodni Balkan stopil na pot tranzicije in prenove, ki zaradi različnih političnih, varnostnih, ekonomskih in drugih razlogov še ni končana. Na temelju širše analize varnostnega okvira v regiji, v pričujočem članku opredeljujeva glavne procese sprememb in znotraj njih analizirava sestavne elemente kompleksne varnosti zahodnega Balkana skupaj z njihovimi implikacijami. Pri tem oceniva situacijo na ravni posameznih držav in iz tega izpeljeva ugotovitve za vso regijo in Evropo. Ob upoštevanju ocene dinamike v regiji in problemov, ki ležijo v njenem ozadju, na temelju njihovih medsebojnih korelacije in vplivov, razdeliva obdobje sprememb v tri procese: stabilizacija z gradnjo države, demokratizacija z gradnjo institucij in evroatlantska integracija. Zaradi teh nedokončanih procesov in nerazrešenih vprašanj iz preteklosti, ki izvirajo iz medsebojno povezanih in utrjujočih se političnih, družbeno-ekonomskih in etnično-narodnostnih elementov, je v preteklih 25 letih varnost na zahodnem Balkanu postala vse bolj kompleksna. Vrh tega prihaja do novih-starih varnostnih izzivov, ki še dodatno zapletajo varnostne razmere. Ob dejstvu, da v regiji doslej niso bile izpolnjene vse zahteve za doseganje stabilnosti, ji zaradi interakcije različnih elementov grozita destablizacija in zaviranje napredka, namesto napredovanja po poti demokratične tranzicije in integracije. Sklep analize je, da varnostni okvir v regiji postaja vse bolj zapleten in vse slabši, kar negativno vpliva na delovanje in razvoj celotne regije in potemtakem na stabilnost in blaginjo vsega kontinentaTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaUniverza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za družbene vede