Bulgaria and Balkan Security
Abstract
The subject matter of this paper - Balkan security - is one of the most argued ones at the end of 20th century. It is so not only because the geopolitical position of the Balkan peninsula presumes that the development there have a rather significant impact on the whole of Europe - something historically proven - but more so because the world's attitudes and reactions to the problems there reflect a thoroughly new approach of the international community to such complicated and sensitive issues as nation states' sovereignty, human rights violations etc., and because it shows a completely new awareness that the contradictions between internal freedom of action of domestic regimes and their obligations to comply with internationally recognized norms and rules on one side and the limited, and inefficient, diplomatic means of the international community to influence the behavior of such regimes on the other, may require taking a decision diametrically opposite to the commonly agreed Westphalian principles - a decision based on still not definitely established criteria about the right to interfere. Therefore it is extremely difficult for any individual top encompass the whole scope of the problems concerning Balkan security and their solution in a single and limited work. In this paper I have made an attempt to broadly express my personal view on the definition and main problems of the term "security", depict the existing threats to security in the Balkans, and briefly explain the Bulgarian approach to these issues.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 10, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA377593
Entities
People
- Krassimir Grozdev
Organizations
- United States Army War College