A comprehensive survey of the countries and territories of this region, incorporating the latest economic and political developments.
General Survey
Essays by acknowledged experts in the region cover a variety of topical issues.
In addition, appendices discuss the religions of the region and the Russian Baltic territory of Kaliningrad.
Country Surveys
Individual chapters for each country, containing:
- information on physical and social geography
- a detailed chronology of political events, both recent and historical
- essays on each country's political history and economy
- a statistical survey
- an extensive directory of contact details for political, state and commercial institutions and organizations in the region (covering national and local government, political organizations, diplomatic representation, the judicial system, religion, the media, finance, telecommunications and broadcasting, major companies, transport, tourism, culture, social welfare, the environment, defence, education and more)
- and a select bibliography.
Who's Who in Central and South-Eastern Europe
Biographical details for more than 200 of the region's leading political figures.
Regional Information
Contact information and extensive details of the activities of regional and international organizations active in the region; a list of research institutes that focus on the region, together with contact details; and select bibliographies of both books and periodicals.
PART ONE General Survey
Divided Democracies in the Visegrad Four
KAREN HENDERSON
The Impact of the People’s Republic of China in South-Eastern Europe
ANASTAS VANGELI
Russian Influence in South-Eastern Europe
DIMITAR BECHEV
The Baltic Transformation: From Communist Subjugation to Democratic Sovereignty
SANDIS ŠRĀDERS
Modern Greece in South-Eastern Europe
OTHON ANASTASAKIS
Appendix 1: The Religions of the Region
Appendix 2: The Kaliningrad Region
PART TWO Country Surveys
Sections on geography, chronology, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country
ALBANIA
History
KLODIANA BESHKU
Economy
LUCA J. UBERTI
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
History
MARKO ATTILA HOARE
Economy
WILL BARTLETT
BULGARIA
History
EMILIA ZANKINA
Economy
DANIELA BOBEVA (revised by the editorial staff)
CROATIA
History
MARCUS TANNER
Economy
TENA PRELEC
THE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECHIA)
History
FILIP KOSTELKA
Economy
LENKA FILIPOVÁ and Dr MARIOLA PYTLIKOVÁ
ESTONIA
History
ANDRES KASEKAMP
Economy
URMAS VARBLANE
GREECE
History
DAVID LEA
Economy
DAVID LEA
HUNGARY
History
TOBIAS SPÖRI
Economy
GÁBOR SCHEIRING and Dr MÁTÉ VERES
KOSOVO
History
OTHON ANASTASAKIS
Economy
LUCA J. UBERTI
LATVIA
History
INDRA EKMANIS
Economy
DAUNIS AUERS
LITHUANIA
History
KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS
Economy
KĘSTUTIS GIRNIUS (revised by CVETE KONESKA)
MONTENEGRO
History
FLORIAN BIEBER (revised by CLAUDIA LAŠTRO)
Economy
MILENA KONATAR AND JOVAN ƉURAŠKOVIĆ
NORTH MACEDONIA
History
DIMITAR BECHEV
Economy
WILL BARTLETT
POLAND
History
ANITA J. PRAZMOWSKA
Economy
ANNA VISVIZI
ROMANIA
History
TOM GALLAGHER
Economy
CVETE KONESKA
SERBIA
History
MARKO ATTILA HOARE
Economy
CVETE KONESKA
Autonomous Province:
Vojvodina
Bibliography
SLOVAKIA
History
ANDREW RYDER
Economy
ANDREW RYDER
SLOVENIA
History
CATHIE CARMICHAEL
Economy
ALEN TOPLIŠEK
PART THREE Who’s Who of Central and South-Eastern Europe
PART FOUR Regional Information
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)
Index of Regional Organizations
Biography
Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:
Othon Anastasakis. Director, European Studies Centre and Director, South East European Studies at University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Daunis Auers. Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Latvia, Rīga, Latvia.
Will Bartlett. Deputy Director, LSE Research on Southeast Europe, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Dimitar Bechev. Lecturer, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, and visiting scholar, Carnegie Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
Klodiana Beshku. Lecturer in Geopolitics and International Relations, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
Florian Bieber. Professor of Southeast European History and Politics, Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies, and Co-ordinator, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG), University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Daniela Bobeva. Professor at the University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Cathie Carmichael. Professor of European History, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Jovan Ðurašković. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Indra Ekmanis. Non-resident Baltic Sea Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lenka Filipová. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Tom Gallagher. Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom.
Kęstutis Girnius. Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Karen Henderson. University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia.
Marko Attila Hoare. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Andres Kasekamp. Professor of History and Chair. of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Milena Konatar. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Cvete Koneska. Head of Advisory at Dragonfly Intelligence, London, United Kingdom.
Filip Kostelka. Chair in Political and Social Change, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy, and Professor and Senior Lecturer, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom.
Claudia Laštro. Teaching Assistant, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
David Lea. Political and economic analyst specializing in European affairs.
Anita Prazmowska. Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Tena Prelec. Centre for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Mariola Pytliková. Assistant Professor, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CERGE-EI), Prague, Czech Republic.
Andrew Ryder. Political and economic analyst, researcher and consultant on regional economic development, regional geography and sustainability; and retired lecturer, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Gábor Scheiring. Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Sciences and the Dondena Centre, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
Tobias Spöri. Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Sandis Šrāders. Lecturer, Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia, and Researcher, Centre for Security and Strategic Research, Latvian National Defence Academy, Rīga, Latvia.
Marcus Tanner. Journalist and author.
Alen Toplišek. Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs and Politics, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom.
Luca J. Uberti. Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Anastas Vangeli. Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Urmas Varblane. Professor of International Business, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Máté Veres. Political and economic analyst based in Budapest, Hungary.
Anna Visvizi. Associate Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, and Fellow, Hellenic Institute of Growth and Prosperity, American College of Greece, Athens, Greece.
Emilia Zankina. Dean, Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy.
