Southern Europe, the Balkans and the Near East, as a region, is currently assuming major geo-political and geo-economic significance, giving Mediterranean and European studies a particular immediacy and calling for a reconsideration of many widely held assumptions.

Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal, published with the support of the Association for the Study of Southern Europe and the Balkans (ASSEB, Registered Charity No. 1061 766) aiming at academic analysis of the region with a comparative perspective. In an increasingly globalised world, this can involve the re-examination of historical claims and of political or economic arguments concerning the geo-strategic position of the region and its individual nation-states in Europe and the world. In this context, the journal addresses, in a historically and theoretically informed way, the complex geo-political and geo-economic issues facing the Mediterranean, the Balkans and the Near East in the light of global developments and, in particular, European integration. Thus, the journal encourages comparative approaches and views and aims to construct an academic forum to bring together different viewpoints.

Peer Review
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees.