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Balkanalysis.com is for the first time making available many existing – and new – texts for Amazon Kindle users, thus providing convenient access to some of our best analytical research, for very reasonable prices. Balkanalysis.com e-books are organized thematically, and are designed to appeal to both general-interest readers and specialists.

We have listed in order all of the below titles on this page, for each of Amazon’s international sites (US, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) on which these Kindle books are available.

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TITLES:

NEW! (Feb. 2012): The Balkans Year in Review 2011  (by Matteo Albertini, Chris Deliso, Lana Pasic, Maja Šoštarić , Gergely Nagy, Maria-Antoaneta Neag, Anita McKinna, Elena Dragomir and Vlad Popovici)

The Balkans Year in Review 2011 provides a comprehensive overview of the most important events, trends and issues affecting many of the countries in the region, as well as relations with the EU and the energy sector.

Crafted by nine expert writers, this text makes useful reading for both specialist practitioners and general readers interested in the Balkans and its affairs. The work is divided into ten chapters; each is slightly different in approach, but all provide valuable insight, and sometimes exclusive information and statistics.

The Year in Review chapters are as follows: EU-Western Balkan relations, energy in the Balkans, Turkey, Romania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia, Greece and Croatia.

Studies in the Southeast European Energy Sector, 2007-2011 (by Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Vlad Popovici and Ioannis Michaletos)

Studies in the Southeast European Energy Sector, 2007-2011 is a collection of 25 significant articles published by the Balkanalysis.com website during the period in question. These texts provide a comprehensive ‘as it happened’ overview of the major oil, gas and renewable energy projects (and proposed projects) that have shaped geopolitical and energy strategies in the region from 2007-2011.

The e-book also contains a wealth of statistics and data on such projects, as well as information on major private companies and institutions involved with the energy affairs of Southeastern Europe. Whether for the professional energy sector analyst or for general-interest readers, the text will provide stimulating insight into the main issues, technical, economic and political, that have shaped the course of energy exploration and investment in the first decade of the 21st century, in one of Europe’s most important energy corridors.

Studies in Greek Security, 2006-2011 (by Chris Deliso and Ioannis Michaletos)

Studies in Greek Security, 2006-2011 brings together for the first time the most important Balkanalysis.com articles and interviews published during the period in question on all issues related to Greek security- from military balance of forces, intelligence and counter-intelligence activities and geopolitical strategies, to issues of terrorism, espionage and regional power dynamics.

This significant collection of 13 articles, part of the Balkanalysis.com Special Publications series, presents an ‘as it happened’ journalistic and analytical view of key events and trends affecting Greek security during the period in question. This treatment includes related security events, threats and factors in play that have involved neighboring countries including, Turkey, Cyprus and Balkan states.

The e-book also offers well-sourced running assessments of transnational organized crime, including illicit weapons, drugs and illegal immigration trends, as well as contemporaneous analyses of specific incidents such as Greek-Turkish aerial dogfights, murky wiretapping scandals, still-unresolved clandestine operations, and special operations between Greece and the EU.

Valuable factual data is also presented in regards to Greek and regional balance of military forces (with statistics), as well as expert insights gleaned from interviews with security practitioners and specialists in Greece.

The Collected Balkan Interviews, 2005-2011 (by Chris Deliso)

This collection of 22 exclusive interviews, originally published on the Balkanalysis.com website over a six-year period, is an indispensable resource for both professionals and academics dealing with the Balkans and issues related to it such as security, politics, economics and culture. It also makes enticing reading for more general-interest enthusiasts.

The interviews, conducted first-hand by Balkanalysis.com Director Chris Deliso, have been held with a varied range of persons – both from the region and presently or formerly associated with it. This eclectic combination of characters is testament to the diverse approach of the Balkanalysis.com website, and it runs from linguists, academics and ethnomusicologists to police detectives, government ministers, former CIA agents, national security advisers and military men.

Numerous intimate details of both well-known and less well-known historical events are recounted for the first time here, and considerable light is case on vital – if little-known – trends and developments affecting the region. Simply put, there is nothing else quite like it available on the market today.

As such, this compendium of expert testimony will stand the test of time as a primary source for Balkan history and culture, and remain relevant and useful well into the future. It provides a rich resource for scholars, investigative reporters, and anyone interested in goings-on in this complex and often misunderstood region of geo-strategic importance to world events.