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DESCRIPTION:Milada Anna Vachudova\,&nbsp\;Associate\nProfessor\nof Politica
 l Science\, University of North&nbsp\; CarolinaEU Leverage and National In
 terests in the\nBalkans: The Puzzles of Enlargement Ten Years OnDescriptio
 n:&nbsp\; European Union enlargement\ncontinues in the Western Balkans in 
 the 2010s\, in part because the risk of\ninstability in the region has mad
 e the dividends from the EU’s ‘democratizing\neffect’ especially substanti
 al. Some political leaders in Western Balkans\nstates are responding to th
 e incentives of EU membership\, but others are not\,\nmaking the success o
 f the EU's leverage uneven.&nbsp\; Vachudova has published widely on\ndemo
 cratization and political change in postcommunist Europe.&nbsp\; She is th
 e author of\nthe award-winning Europe\nUndivided: Democracy\, Leverage and
  Integration After Communism (Oxford University Press).Sponsored by the Mo
 ynihan European Research Centers at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affai
 rs&nbsp\;  
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SUMMARY:MERC presents: Milada Anna Vachudova
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Milada Anna Vachudova</b>\,&nbsp\
 ;<i>Associate\nProfessor\nof Political Science\, University of North&nbsp\
 ; Carolina</i></p><p><b>EU Leverage and National Interests in the\nBalkans
 : The Puzzles of Enlargement Ten Years On</b></p><p>Description:&nbsp\; Eu
 ropean Union enlargement\ncontinues in the Western Balkans in the 2010s\, 
 in part because the risk of\ninstability in the region has made the divide
 nds from the EU’s ‘democratizing\neffect’ especially substantial. Some pol
 itical leaders in Western Balkans\nstates are responding to the incentives
  of EU membership\, but others are not\,\nmaking the success of the EU's l
 everage uneven.&nbsp\; Vachudova has published widely on\ndemocratization 
 and political change in postcommunist Europe.&nbsp\; She is the author of\
 nthe award-winning Europe\nUndivided: Democracy\, Leverage and Integration
  After Communism (Oxford University Press).</p><p><br></p><p><b><i>Sponsor
 ed by the Moynihan European Research Centers at the Moynihan Institute of 
 Global Affairs&nbsp\;</i></b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p>
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