New Article by Marko Kovačević and Ana Bojinović Fenko on Security Regionalization in the Western Balkans
Marko Kovačević, Assistant Professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science, and GEO-POWER-EU consortium member, has co-authored a timely and insightful chapter titled “Stagnation in Western Balkans’ Security Regionalization: The Problem of Competing Regional Cultures of Anarchy”, alongside Ana Bojinović Fenko, Professor at the University of Ljubljana. The chapter is featured in the Springer volume Western Balkans and the Future of Europe: Between an Enlargement and a Commitment Fatigue.
The article explores why regional security cooperation in the Western Balkans remains stagnant, despite decades of international engagement. Analyzing 40 regional security institutions, the authors identify a clash of “regional cultures of anarchy” — from conflict-prone Hobbesian to cooperative Lockean — as a key barrier. Their analysis underscores how these divergent cultures complicate EU efforts to foster regional governance, security integration, and accession momentum.
🔗 Read the full chapter on SpringerLink.
🗓️ The article was first published by Springer on May 16, 2025.