Small-state security in the Balkans

The 110 million people who inhabit the important strategic East-West and Europe-Middle East crossroads that comprise the six Balkan states have been redoubling their efforts to overcome centuries of regional enmities. These states-Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia-have sought to enhance their security through a variety of approaches, but formidable problems and divisive influences complicate this quest. This work concerns itself primarily with external security, but also deals with the impact of salient domestic factors such as nationalism, national minorities and succession, which in turn affect all aspects of security.