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Balkan geopolitics and Chameria question

2019
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This study analyzes historical facts from the end of the Ottoman Empire until nowadays and shows the consequences that geopolitical games had upon the Balkan Peninsula. Within this study firstly it is presented the history and principles of both classical and critical Geopolitics, including a detailed explanation of the geopolitical position of Balkans and the Chameria Region. Additionally, the whole historical prospectus of the Balkans in general and Chameria Question, in particular, has been explained according to classical geopolitical strategies. It is the first time that the Chameria Question is seen under the geopolitical perspective. The main query reveals the importance of this small land for both countries Albania and Greece as well as the direct interests that different actors such as Great Britain, the United States of America and Russia have for the region. To achieve this, sources from different languages such as Albanian, French, English, Turkish, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese have been used. In sequence, based on the hypothesis of this study, it is observed that these geopolitical strategies are present and continue to lie underneath an elusive peace even in this century. These strategies after the 1990s made possible the change of state borders thus changed once again the balance of powers in the region. Yet for Chameria there is still no official solution that would appease the situation and satisfy both countries. Keywords: Albania, Balkan Peninsula, Chameria Question, Geopolitics, Greece.

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Irieda Hamzaj

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Irieda Hamzaj (Master Thesis). Balkan geopolitics and Chameria question, 2019, Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇ty.

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