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This chapter advances the argument any effort to "crush organized crime" in the Balkans must occur within the context of an integrated, coordinated, multi-level framework which locates "organized crime" -- and warlordism and terrorism -- in a comprehensive setting. According to Dr. Sandole, such a frame should reflect interdependence and interconnectedness between actors and variables across subregions, regions, and globally.
Against this background, Dr. Sandole re-introduces his 3 pillar framework for analyzing complex systems, and one expression of it: a new European peace and security system (NEPSS). The author also suggests the "Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe" as a basis for coordinating the various dimensions of NEPSS.
Together, NEPSS and the Stability Pact have practical as well as theoretical implications for dealing effectively with organized crime, warlordism, and terrorism and their potential injurious implications for the development of the Balkan states into candidates for eventual membership in the European Union (EU).
The publication encompasses the entire dimension of the crime phenomenon, domestically in the Balkans and in a European regional context. The context of the discussion centers on the question of how far various forms of organized crime, such as trafficking of human beings, drugs, weapons as well as corruption, actually threaten the stabilization of Southeast Europe. The description of different forms of criminality and their relevance for the region by international experts defines and gives shape to the extent of organized crime. Secondly, it weighs and counter-weighs the relevance of the various elements of organized crime.