Thesis deals with the issue of the conceptualization, analysis and understanding of the Balkans after 1991 as a specific geopolitical area in order to examine the proclivity of the region towards conflicts and give general idea of the geopolitical position of the Balkans in local and global context. First, the definition of the Balkans and its borders in physic and politico geographical structure along with the historical definitions and geopolitical position settings and significance prior 1991 are tackled. Then follows the application of the geopolitical theories and concepts on the geopolitical map with the states of the Balkans after 1991 in order to conceptualize the area and thus having a framework for examination and comparison of the territorial changes and geopolitical events that occurred in this historical period as well as for better understanding of strategic significance of internal and external geopolitical position of the Balkans. As a third step follows the explanation and outline of the greater territorial irredentist and geopolitical concepts of the Balkan nation states which have been revived and actualized in the period after 1991 serving as a background and basic platform for their geopolitical agenda. Lastly, the thesis tackles the territorial changes that came as a result of...

This thesis "The Bosnian minority in Serbia and Montenegro in the period of disintegration of Yugoslavia" is, based on the theoretical concept of the problem of modern nation and modern state formation, in constructivist approach and its consequences for internal security connected with the existence of national minorities, focusing on setting the problems of forming the national identity of the Muslims or the Bosniaks into a wider framework of the second and third Yugoslavia disintegration. The matter of bosniak nation genesis is focused on the territory of Saniak of Novi Pazar, which is situated in a very sensitive area among Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. The main goal is to answer the following questions: What was the development of the Muslim and Bosniak national identity like in the conditions of peripheral territory of Sanjak? Based on the perception of the local Bosniak national elites, what was the relation of the Bosniak/Muslim minority towards the state, the regime, and the nation it lived in/with like? What correlations between the state, political changes in Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and the perception of real national existence of Muslim/Bosniak community within these states can be observed? The thesis is not supposed to be a narrowly focused study, but a...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuotas Serbijos integracijos į ES procesas, pateikta Serbijos ekonominės ir politinės padėties apžvalga. Įvertintas Serbijos pasiruošimas tapti ES nare atsižvelgiant į Europos Komisijos nuomonę, ES iškeltų sąlygų vykdymą ir dabartinę ekonominę ir politinę padėtį. Pateikta Serbijos visuomenės paramos ES charakteristika, išanalizuota visuomenės požiūrio kaita į eurointegraciją. Pirmojoje dalyje teoriniu aspektu apžvelgiama ES raida, įvertinama sėkmingos jos plėtros istorija ir būsima perspektyva. Pateikiamos ES narystės sąlygos ir procedūros, išskiriamos specifinės sąlygos ir pereinamieji etapai, kurie taikomi tik Vakarų Balkanų valstybėms siekiančioms narystės ES. Antroje dalyje pristatoma Vakarų Balkanų istorijos genezė, Serbijos, kaip pagrindinės regiono valstybės vaidmuo politiniame, ekonominiame ir kultūriniame regiono vystymesi, akcentuojamas Jugoslavijos dezintegracijos procesas ir nesėkmingas jo valdymas iš ES pusės. Trečioje dalyje analizuojama Serbijos politinė ir ekonominė transformacija, bei siekiai tapti ES nare. Aptariamos ES sąlygos Serbijai ir jų vykdymas kuomet šaliai vadovavo skirtingos vyriausybės. Analizuojamas ir vertinamas Serbijos pasirengimas tapti ES nare remiantis ES ataskaitomis dėl Serbijos ekonomikos, politinės padėties ir Europos standartų atitikimo. Ketvirtoje dalyje pateikiamas, analizuojamas ir lyginamas Serbijos gyventojų pasiskirstymas ES klausimais, rezultatų kaita ir jų priežastys. Šioje dalyje aptarti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Master thesis analyzes Serbian EU integration process, reveals the political and economic status of Serbia. It also examines the situation in Serbia in terms of the political, economic criteria and the ability to take on the obligations of membership. Thesis also compares and analyzes Serbia‘s public polls researches towards EU integration. The first chapter of the Master thesis describes the research of the EU enlargement and integration genesis, describes the process of new member integration process and conditions, also states and anlyses the specific conditions of membership for Western Balkan countries. The second chapter presents full overview of the political conditions of former Yugoslavia, particular emphasis is placed on the process of disintegration of Yugoslavia, and on the failure of EU to prevent the conflicts in the region. The third chapter examines Serbia‘s political and economic transformation and ability to apply for EU membership. It also analyzes the position of different governments of Serbia on EU integration process. The last chapter analyzes public opinion on EU integration. The last part of the work analyzes specific conditions given from EU which influences public polls.