When searching for information on this topic, potentially useful keywords to use include :

• Western Balkans
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kosovo
• the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹
• Serbia
• Montenegro
• Albania
• Croatia
• NATO enlargement
• KFOR
• SFOR

1. Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name

This LibGuide includes links to content found on the web (e.g. websites, news & blogs, reports, etc.) as well as a select number of articles and books available from the NATO Multimedia Library.

Please note that this is not a comprehensive collection of material on NATO and the Balkans. The selection criteria for the websites and documents included was based on each item's currency and relevancy to this topic. 

Furthermore, quick search boxes for online databases subscribed by the Library (available to staff working at NATO HQ) as well as links to the library catalog are available for you to locate additional resources.

This LibGuide is intended to provide a few starting points to assist you with your research on issues related to NATO and the Balkans.

Good places to start your research include :

• the NATO Topic pages on: 
• Peace support operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Peace support operations in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹
• NATO’s relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina
• NATO’s relations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹
• NATO’s relations with Montenegro
• NATO’s relations with Serbia
• NATO's role in Kosovo
• The Kosovo Air Campaign
• NATO enlargement

• the NATO Review articles 
• Mladic, Srebrenica and justice (2011)
• The Balkans: quo vadis? (2008)
• NATO and the Balkans: The case for greater integration (2007)
• Historic change in the Balkans (2004)
• other articles tagged "Balkans"
• the NATO Review video Jamie Shea: Kosovo - then and now (2008)
• the NATO Partnerships LibGuide
• the KFOR website
• the NATO briefing "Bringing peace and stability to the Balkans" (February 2005)
• the report "NATO and the Western Balkans: New Strategic Concept, Old Challenges" (2010) by the Hellenic Center for European Studies (EKEM)
• the Almanac on Security Sector Oversight in the Western Balkans (2012) published by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

1. Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name

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