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PECOB's Papers series
"PECOB's papers" series is a collection of papers on various topics related to Central, Eastern and Balkan Europe, and the post-Soviet space written by prominent scholars, researchers, PhD candidates and promising students. Because of their relevance and scientific innovation all papers in this series are assigned the ISSN.
Papers can be published in English or in any other language of Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans. They can address one or more disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, such as politics, economics, history, society, langugage, literature, culture and media. Many authors employ a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach.
Recent papers published in the PECOB's papers series include works on Hungarian and Soviet foreign policy, the European integration of Southeast Europe, policy making in the Western Balkans, Censorship in Yugoslavia in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Title: PECOB's papers series
Publisher: Portal on Central Eastern and Balkan Europe
Language: multilinguistic (English and original languages of the countries considered on PECOB)
Topics: Politics; Economics; History; Society; Languages, Literature and Culture; Media
Monthly ISSN: 2038-632X
Editorial Assistant: Ms Luciana Moretti
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The Yugoslav Diaspora in Australia: from Long-Distance Nationalism to Disengagement
(published in: Dec, 2018)
The Yugoslav diaspora constitutes a highly relevant phenomenon in the history of Australia, having contributed to altering the sociocultural landscape of the country. -
Italian strategy in the Arctic
(published in: Jul, 2017)
This article analyzes the interests of the Italian Republic in the Arctic. Despite the geographical remoteness of Italy from the Arctic, the interest of the Italians to the Arctic cooperation due to historical reasons: the Italians were involved in the study of the Arctic since the late XIX century. -
Fabruary 2015 |#56| Reframing European Knowledge Policies: Reconciling the (post-)Soviet with the Global
(published in: Sep, 2016)
Globalization is bringing about a redefinition to the mission of higher education and research; however, the insertion of post-Soviet universities in the global higher education arena poses specific challenges. -
January 2015 |#55| The Mimetic Origins of the Cold War - Washington-Moscow: still two rival powers?
(published in: Jun, 2016)
New “cold” winds seem to come back in international relations (Baker, 2014). Because of the events of Ukraine, relations between the United States (US) and Russia have been rapidly deteriorating. -
December 2014 | #54 | Political Economy of Eurasian Integration
(published in: Jan, 2016)
The USSR collapse in 1991 marked a new era in the Eurasian geopolitics, which was characterized by western domination and socio-economic transformation often referred to as post-communism. The cold war seemed to be over, with US and its European NATO allies celebrating the victory over the communist bloc. -
November 2014 |#53| Towards Sustainable Reintegration: Impact of International Intervention on Minority Returns in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo
(published in: Aug, 2015)
In the aftermath of the ‘90s wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, the return of the Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons to their previous houses was listed among the main priorities of the massive international intervention that invested the two countries. -
October 2014 | #52 | Energy Community, topical events and perspectives between the European Energy Union and the Ukrainian case
(published in: May, 2015)
The paper aims at describing the current political challenges the Energy Community (EC) is currently living. As a matter of fact, after the first period of operation several institutional and operative obstacles have been identified. -
September 2014 | #51 | International law and european law application in the see constitutions and courts practice: harmonization of legal orders in the pre-accession phase
(published in: May, 2015)
The SAAs the EU signed with the South East Europe Countries (SEE) in the pre-accession framework are the main tool to enhance the harmonization of SEE legal orders with the European standards. -
August 2014 |#50| Political Economy of Reforms in Eastern Europe
(published in: May, 2015)
Reforms in Eastern Europe, launched in the early 1990s, have touched upon all spheres of former communist societies, but their greatest impact has been on politics and economies. -
July 2014 | #49 | Restoring dialogue as it drifts away - The EU-Russia Civil Society Forum initiative at the nadir of EU-Russia dialogue
(published in: Mar, 2015)
The abrupt developments in Ukraine constitute one of the most serious geopolitical crisis in the European continent since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The escalation of confrontations has emphasised the tensioned relationships between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) with the Russian Federation, since Putin’s third presidential term -
June 2014 |#48| The Chinese Cultural Diplomacy in Eastern Europe
(published in: Jan, 2015)
The main goal of this paper is to try to understand in what the Chinese cultural diplomacy consist of and to which extend it influence the perception central and eastern Europeans have in regards to China, taking into account also the economic aspect of the Chinese presence in that area. -
May 2014 | #47 | Le relazioni internazionali europee tra condizionalità e flessibilità: la ricerca di un nuovo equilibrio nel caso della Comunità Energetica del Sud Est Europa
(published in: Nov, 2014)
I recenti sviluppi nel dibattito politico-intergovernativo a livello europeo sembrano portare all’attenzione un nuovo concetto che ė stato più volte indicato come nuovo principio cardine nelle relazioni europee: la flessibilità nell’applicazione delle regole comunitarie.
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