Democratization in the Western Balkans – Promoting Multi-Ethnic Open Societies to Counter Radicalization and Polarization

In 2016, Aspen Germany held three sub-cabinet level meetings in Durrës, Alt Madlitz, and Berlin with high-level decision-makers and experts from the Western Balkan countries, Germany, the EU, and the U.S. During these meetings, discussions focused on the democratization of political processes and the role of parliaments as well as radicalization, nationalism, and the improvement of regional relations. This publication contains conference papers and proceedings of these meetings that give an overview of the topics discussed and the constructive suggestions and recommendations that were made.