Research Article

The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone

Volume: 77 Number: 2 July 1, 2022
  • Zuhal Karakoç Dora
  • Jurica Botic
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The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone

Abstract

This article deals with the significance of the Mini Schengen Initiative in shaping the new geopolitical configuration of the Western Balkans. In theoretical terms, the article discusses the changing meaning of borders in the contemporary world and buffer zones as a subject of research in political geography and geopolitics. In methodological terms, the authors provide an overview of the political-territorial development of the Western Balkans and then implement the theoretical approaches of contemporary political geography and geopolitics in the perspectives of the Western Balkans and its de facto status. Furthermore, analysing media reports related to the Mini Schengen Initiative, the article correlates the mentioned theoretical approaches with the trends in the political geography of the Western Balkans encouraged by the Initiative. Finally, the authors conclude that the Mini Schengen Initiative does not have a strong integration capacity; instead, serves as a waiting room for European Union membership thus shaping the Western Balkans as a new buffer zone.

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References

  1. Referans 1 Adamson, Fiona B. (2014), “Crossing Borders: International Migration and National Security”, International Security, 31(1): 165-199.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zuhal Karakoç Dora This is me
0000-0002-3954-2208
Türkiye

Jurica Botic This is me
0000-0003-4774-4974
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publication Date

July 1, 2022

Submission Date

June 7, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 26, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 77 Number: 2

APA
Karakoç Dora, Z., & Botic, J. (2022). The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 77(2), 287-307. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.1031194
AMA
1.Karakoç Dora Z, Botic J. The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone. SBF Dergisi. 2022;77(2):287-307. doi:10.33630/ausbf.1031194
Chicago
Karakoç Dora, Zuhal, and Jurica Botic. 2022. “The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans As a New Buffer Zone”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 77 (2): 287-307. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.1031194.
EndNote
Karakoç Dora Z, Botic J (July 1, 2022) The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 77 2 287–307.
IEEE
[1]Z. Karakoç Dora and J. Botic, “The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone”, SBF Dergisi, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 287–307, July 2022, doi: 10.33630/ausbf.1031194.
ISNAD
Karakoç Dora, Zuhal - Botic, Jurica. “The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans As a New Buffer Zone”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 77/2 (July 1, 2022): 287-307. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.1031194.
JAMA
1.Karakoç Dora Z, Botic J. The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone. SBF Dergisi. 2022;77:287–307.
MLA
Karakoç Dora, Zuhal, and Jurica Botic. “The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans As a New Buffer Zone”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, vol. 77, no. 2, July 2022, pp. 287-0, doi:10.33630/ausbf.1031194.
Vancouver
1.Zuhal Karakoç Dora, Jurica Botic. The Mini Schengen Initiative in the Western Balkans as a New Buffer Zone. SBF Dergisi. 2022 Jul. 1;77(2):287-30. doi:10.33630/ausbf.1031194

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