nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20171223-101309 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 171221s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20171223-101309 doi eng 342 23 Deskoski, Toni Author aut What’s in a Name? The Republic of Macedonia at the Crossroads Deskoski, Toni Verfassungsblog 2017-12-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Forming of the new Government on 31st of May 2017 marked the beginning of the end of one of the most serious political crisis that Republic of Macedonia has lived through from its independence. The country was faced with challenges both on the domestic front – the dissolution of the democratic institutions and backsliding to authoritarianism, and on the international front as well – worsening of the relations with its neighbors. One of the first steps taken by the new government was to renew the ties with its Southern neighbor – Greece and to continue the talks over the name issue. After a period of three years, the representatives from both countries started negotiating again in order to resolve the name dispute and the security implications of this prolonged dispute on the Balkan region. But by all means the renewal of the negotiations is only just a beginning of the lengthy path of rebuilding the trust and solving the issue that has been a huge burden especially to the R. Macedonia’s integration in EU and NATO. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 EU Accession NATO State Recognition Brsakoska Bazerkoska, Julija Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/whats-in-a-name-the-republic-of-macedonia-at-the-crossroads/ raw object