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Global perspectives point first and foremost to membership of the EU and the NATO as a means of enhancing security and as the most promising way to securing some amelioration of peripherality and as a launching pad for wider economic activities. Except for Albania and the Yugoslav successor states (other than Slovenia) all the countries of the region have entered into Europe agreements. They are now negotiating for full EU membership * * # * * * # * * * * * * B C * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ϩ * * * * * D E F * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G H I * * * * * * * * * * * * J K L * M * ϩ * ϩ * ϩ * ϩ * # ϩ ϩ * * * * * * * * * * * * * R T * * * * * * * # * S * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * a a a a * a a a W X * * * * * * * * * U V * * * * * * * * Y L European Union (Candidate Country) M Missile Technology Control Regime N Non-Aligned Movement (1961) O North Atlantic Treaty Organisation P North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Partnership for Peace Q Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development R Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (originally Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 1975, renamed 1995) S Organisation of the Islamic Conference T Security Pact for South Eastern Europe U South East Europe Cooperation Initiative V United Nations W United Nations Economic Commission for Europe X West European Union (defence component of the EU 1991) Y World Trade Organisation * * * * * * * = * * * * * * N O P Q Notes * Member; a Associate member; = Partner in transition; # Observer; ϩ Guest.
Milosˇevic´’s removal from the scene provides a breathing space for moderates who will need Western support to demonstrate that joining Europe offers the best prospect. The scope for consolidation seems remote although after further fragmentation in Yugoslavia, a limited federation to act as a counterweight to Serbia might conceivably interest Bosnia & Hercegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro. And pressure on the Macedonian government by Albanians from Kosovo could be the start of a Greater Albania movement.
Every area will reflect, in its own way, an ongoing restructuring which will reflect the starting position and the strategies being adopted on the route to a largely unknown destination. System substitution has unleashed a complex range of adjustments, occurring at local, regional and national levels, as the economic and social issues are balanced through the political process. And all of them are in some way embedded in the experiences of the past. Local culture is a significant force and will surely remain so.