title: FOREIGN POLICY ALIGNMENT OF THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES WITH THE EU’S RUSSIA POLICY SINCE THE ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA
abstract: The article evaluates the foreign policy alignment of the Western Balkan (WB) countries with the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU) under Chapter 31 of the acquis communautaire within the accession process. The EU's policy towards Russia since the latter's annexation of Crimea is chosen as a case study due to some WB countries' close ties with Russia, which resulted in the situation whereby they have been confronted with an onerous dilemma of compromising their 
journal: Scientific Journal Regional Studies