When will Albania join the EU? Will accession help Albania to achieve prosperity, stability and prosperity? And, what factors are helping it towards this end and what factors are holding it back? A study of Albania and its relations with the EU, this book analyses the problems of the country as it moves towards membership of the Union.

'A very comprehensive, well researched and well timed book. This book will find an eager readership not only in Brussels but also within the world's foreign ministries where it might be used as a valuable reference work on contemporary Albania' - Miranda Vickers, author of The Albaniana: A Modern History 'Well researched and very interesting...this book should be on the shelf of every foreign scholar, professional or official who is involved in Albanian issues.' - Merita B. McCormack, Illyria 'dissects the role of the outside world in Albanian affairs with great attention. In their comprehensive and balanced discussion of Albania's modernization process, Bogdani and Loughlin stress the many positive aspects of foreign involvement.' - Gabriel Partos, TRANSITIONS ONLINE