Perceptions of External Influences in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries : REUNIR – D6.3 – working paper 12 – analysis of local perceptions and key policy areas and their relations to external actors

Kuçi, BesjanaBuljubasic, MirzaAuthor I, GeorgianAuthor II, GeorgianLoshaj, JetaGroza, IulianRanković, IvanaPejić Nikić, JelenaPetrović, PredragOsypchuk, AnnaSuslov, AntonSachenko, TarasPollozhani, LuraBieber, Florian2026-03-042026-03-042025Perceptions of External Influences in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries : REUNIR – D6.3 – working paper 12 – analysis of local perceptions and key policy areas and their relations to external actors / Besjana Kuçi, ... Anna Osypchuk, Anton Suslov, Taras Sachenko [et al.] ; contributors: Adrian Ermurachi, ... Maksym Yakovlyev, Oleg Sabura [et al.] ; editors: Lura Pollozhani, Florian Bieber. - [S. l. : s. n.], 2025. - 203 p. : tables, figs. - Authors: Besjana Kuçi, Mirza Buljubasic, Georgian Author I, Georgian Author II, Jeta Loshaj, Iulian Groza, Ivana Ranković, Jelena Pejić Nikić, Predrag Petrović, Anna Osypchuk, Anton Suslov, Taras Sachenko.https://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/38531The REUNIR project aims to analyse and assess threats and opportunities for engagement with the countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia) and the Eastern Neighbourhood (Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) on their path towards EU integration. The project also seeks to build future scenarios based on the data it will gather throughout its implementation. Within this framework, Work Package 6 is dedicated to looking at the issue of external actors and their influence from the bottom up. As part of this task, researchers of the different country teams first conducted a mapping exercise of the perceptions of citizens and actors in the countries of the WB and EN on the EU and other external actors (Pollozhani et al., 2024). The data for the mapping exercise relied on the methodology of various surveys and the data contained therein. With this report the aim is to go deeper and get a better understanding from experts and citizens in alignment with the REUNIR methodology.enREUNIR projectEU integrationWestern BalkansFull-scale invasion of Ukraine by RussiareportPerceptions of External Influences in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Neighbourhood Countries : REUNIR – D6.3 – working paper 12 – analysis of local perceptions and key policy areas and their relations to external actorsReport