A comprehensive survey of the countries and territories of this region, incorporating the latest economic and political developments.

General Survey

Essays by acknowledged experts in the region cover a variety of topical issues.

In addition, appendices discuss the religions of the region and the Russian Baltic territory of Kaliningrad.

Country Surveys

Individual chapters for each country, containing:

- information on physical and social geography

- a detailed chronology of political events, both recent and historical

- essays on each country's political history and economy

- a statistical survey

- an extensive directory of contact details for political, state and commercial institutions and organizations in the region (covering national and local government, political organizations, diplomatic representation, the judicial system, religion, the media, finance, telecommunications and broadcasting, major companies, transport, tourism, culture, social welfare, the environment, defence, education and more)

- and a select bibliography.

Who's Who in Central and South-Eastern Europe

Biographical details for more than 200 of the region's leading political figures.

Regional Information

Contact information and extensive details of the activities of regional and international organizations active in the region; a list of research institutes that focus on the region, together with contact details; and select bibliographies of both books and periodicals.
About the Author:

AUTHOR BIO

Europa Publications' regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:

Othon Anastasakis. Senior Research Fellow in South European Studies and Director of South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), St Antony's College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Daunis Auers. Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, and President, Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Panagiotis Barkas. Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, and Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens, Greece.

Will Bartlett. Visiting senior fellow at the South East Europe Research Unit, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, United Kingdom.

Dimitar Bechev. Lecturer, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, United Kingdom, and Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Europe, Brussels, Belgium.

Florian Bieber. Professor of Southeast European History and Politics and Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria; Co-ordinator, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG).

Daniela Bobeva. Professor at the University of Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Cathie Carmichael. Professor of European History, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.

Daniel Daianu. Professor of Economics at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania, and President of the Romanian Fiscal Council.

Jovan Ðuraskovic. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro.

Indra Ekmanis. Non-resident Baltic Sea Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Lenka Filipová. Deputy Head of Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Tom Gallagher. Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.

Kęstutis Girnius. Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania.

Karen Henderson. University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia.

Marko Attila Hoare. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ella Kallai. Chief Economist, Alpha Bank Romania, Bucharest, and co-founder of Consilium Policy Advisors Group, Bucharest, Romania.

Andres Kasekamp. Professor of History and Chair. of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Cvete Koneska. Head of Political and Security Analysis for S-RM Risk and Intelligence.

Milena Konatar, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro.

Filip Kostelka. Professor and Chair in Political and Social Change, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy, and Senior Lecturer, University of Essex, United Kingdom.

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Theodore Kounadeas. Visiting Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, and Lecturer, Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

David Lea. Political analyst specializing in European affairs.

Anita Prazmowska. Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, United Kingdom.

Tena Prelec. Research Associate, LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe, London School of Economics and Political Science; Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford; and Member, Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG).

Mariola Pytliková. Assistant Professor, Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CERGE-EI), Prague, Czech Republic.

Andrew Ryder. Political and economic analyst, researcher and consultant on regional economic development, regional geography and sustainability; and retired lecturer, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Gábor Scheiring. Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Social and Political Sciences and the Dondena Centre, Bocconi University, Italy.

Katarzyna Sidlo. Political economist at the Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw, Poland.

Tobias Spöri. Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria.

Marcus Tanner. Journalist and author.

Alen Toplisek. Lecturer in International Political Economy, King's College London, United Kingdom.

Luca J. Uberti. Researcher, Department of Economics and Management, University of Luxembourg.

Anastas Vangeli. Assistant Professor, University of Ljubljana.

Biljana Vankovska. Professor at the Institute for Security, Defence and Peace Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia.

Urmas Varblane. Professor of International Business, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia.

Máté Veres. Political and economic analyst based in Budapest, Hungary.

Anna Visvizi. American College of Greece, Athens, Greece.

Emilia Zankina. Dean, Temple University Rome, Italy.