Europeanisation of foreign policy in the Western Balkans: explaining the change in North Macedonia’s alignment with the EU sanctions against Russia (2014-2022)

dc.contributor.advisorLinsenmaier, Thomas, juhendaja
dc.contributor.advisorBraghiroli, Stefano, juhendaja
dc.contributor.authorBobrovnikova, Ekaterina
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkondet
dc.contributor.otherTartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituutet
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-27T09:10:48Z
dc.date.available2024-02-27T09:10:48Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the puzzling change in North Macedonia’s alignment with the EU’s restrictive measures against Russia between 2014 and 2022, which diverged from the stable positions of other countries in the Western Balkan region. Drawing on the Europeanisation literature, the thesis tests three alternative causal mechanisms to explain North Macedonia’s change in alignment: external incentives model, role-playing, and thick socialisation. By applying the process-tracing method, the thesis reaches a conclusion that role-playing was the most likely mechanism behind North Macedonia’s change in alignment. North Macedonia demonstrated partial ambiguity of alignment process, meaning that no tangible reward was provided by the EU in exchange for sanctions alignment and also no full match in norms and identities was present to support such action. Moreover, the automatic nature of CFSP alignment was found due to previous high rates of alignment, together with political actors’ references to North Macedonia’s social role as a candidate country in justifying alignment with EU sanctions against Russia. In light of the empirical evidence, this thesis concludes that the role-playing mechanism is the most likely explanation. The findings demonstrate that in the context of foreign policy Europeanisation, role-playing, in a characteristic instrumental form, can drive alignment of candidate countries.en
dc.description.urihttps://www.ester.ee/record=b5669720*est
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10062/95554
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTartu Ülikoolet
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Estoniaen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ee/
dc.subject.othermagistritöödet
dc.subject.otherEuroopa Liitet
dc.subject.othereuroopastumineet
dc.subject.othervälispoliitikaet
dc.subject.othersanktsioonidet
dc.subject.otherLääne-Balkani maadet
dc.subject.otherPõhja-Makedoonia (riik)et
dc.subject.otherVenemaaet
dc.titleEuropeanisation of foreign policy in the Western Balkans: explaining the change in North Macedonia’s alignment with the EU sanctions against Russia (2014-2022)en
dc.typeThesisen

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