Western Balkans and Ukraine

Collective pursuit of Euro-Atlantic goals.

The grant of candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova by the EU in 2022 marked a significant milestone for both nations and the European Union. Nonetheless, it’s crucial to recognize that achieving this status is just the initial symbolic step on the path to full membership. The enlargement process in the Western Balkans has been characterized by a painfully slow pace. Out of the seven countries that embarked on the EU accession journey in 2001, only Croatia successfully joined in 2013, and progress in the process has effectively stagnated. Watch Ukraine in flames #531 to find out about the shared Euro-Atlantic path of Ukraine and Western Baltics, and what lessons can Ukraine learn from the process of EU enlargement to the Western Balkans.

Guests: Volodymyr Solovian, Head of Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group, UCMC Kateryna Shymkevych, Head of the Analytical Center for Balkan Studies

Timecodes

00:00 – Intro

02:19 – (Solovian) “Russia’s influence in Western Baltics”

06:40 – (Shymkevych) “Western Balkans relations with Ukraine”

11:58 – Outro

Source: uacrisis.org