The volume has both a hard copy and an electonic version available at the web site www.ia-forum.org. The volume includes 18 chapters: some of them are interviews, others scientific analysis related to the situations in Macedonia, Kosovo and braodly speaking in the whole Western Balkans. Moreover the volume includes contributions on security aspects (with a focus on the role of NATO and OSCE in the region) and social and economic studies related to the challenges of development and economic growth as well as to the impact of the global financial crisi in the area. the authors are senior analysis, ambasadors, scholars with international reputations, policy fellows, director of Policy centers.