EU and South-Eastern Europe: from asymmetrical inter-regionalism todependenciasub-regionalism?

The article intends to look at the role of the EU during the post-Cold War period, as an external factor encouraging regional cooperation in South-Eastern Europe and the protection of individuals both as victims and as sources of insecurity. The paper analyses the implementation of the Stability Pact and the Stabilization and Association Process as clear manifestations of asymmetrical inter-regionalism. It also examines the whole process of the Regional Cooperation Council and argues that it should be considered as a case of ‘sub-regionalism through inter-regionalism’ which could be named dependencia sub-regionalism.