Ruby Gropas: Through an examination of the hopes and expectations surrounding Western Balkan EU accession, Dr. Gropas concludes that without the will to accede — on everyone’s part — the Western Balkans won’t have the capacity to do so.
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The EU decision in December 2006 to suspend talks on Turkey’s membership has deepened Turkish disillusionment with the EU, writes journalist Simon Tisdall. There are questions in Turkey as to whether it should concentrate instead on closer cooperation with Moscow and the Turkic Republics of Central Asia. Turkey’s newfound confidence about life beyond EU borders is bolstered by a booming domestic
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