title: 30 YEARS OF MACEDONIAN STATEHOOD: FUTURE SECURITY CHALLENGES
abstract: The process of creating the Macedonian state begins with the disintegration of the SFR Yugoslavia and the Referendum for Independence on September 8, 1991.As a geographically integral part of the Western Balkans, the Macedonian state was exposed to challenges of a different nature. Since the day of the declaration of independence, the country has been facing with certain issues that in the past period have proven to have the potential to cause serious internal political and security crises.Today