

How do External Actors Interfere in the Political Affairs of the Western Balkans EU Candidate Countries?
The REUNIR Podcast by REUNIR Horizon Europe Project
S2 · E2
Dec 6, 2025
48:29
Episode notes
This episode is produced by the REUNIR Horizon Europe Project. Host Madalina Dobrescu welcomes Florian Bieber, professor of Southeast European History and Politics and director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz. He is also the coordinator of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG). They discuss one of REUNIR's working papers on political threats posed by external actors in the EU's candidate countries, focusing on the strategies used by external actors to interfere in the political affairs of the candidate countries in the Western Balkans.
Keywords
european union
eu
russia
democracy
democratic resilience
eu foreign policy
western balkans
balkans
serbia
bosnia and herzegovina
albania
kosovo
montenegro
north macedonia
china
foreign interference