1. SUB-TOPIC: SOCIALIST EXPERIENCES IN BALKANS

• The Soviet Influence
• Different Socialist Experiences:
  • Romania ,
  • Bulgaria ,
  • Albania ,
  • Yugoslavia and Kosovo

2. SUB-TOPIC: TOWARDS THE END OF COLD WAR

• Dissolution of the Socialist States and Yugoslavia
• Types of Conflict and Forces of Dissolution
• International Interventions

3. SUB-TOPIC: FIRST PERIOD OF THE POST-COLD WAR TRANSITIONS

• Reactions to Collapse
• Searches and Ready Prescriptions
• Market and State

4. SUB-TOPIC: SECOND AND PRESENT PERIOD OF THE POST-COLD WAR TRANSTIONS

• Old and New Problems: Historical Comparative Perspectives
• Directions: Neo-liberalism, Social Democracy, Market Socialism
• Recovery
• Europe and Integration
• USA
• NATO

5. BALKANS AND KOSOVO: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

• Global Possibilities and Threats
• Integration and Disintegration
• World System Perspectives