Albania’s Alliance with United States of America After the Cold War

Abstract

The paper aims at providing an insight in the special relationship between Albania and a geographically distant power of global influence such as United States of America. In this context, the goal is to define the existing variables of this bilateral relationship. The analyses focuses on Albania’s endeavors to create an Alliance by shedding light on the way how “The Albanian Question” and adaption of Albania’s foreign policy to american regional and global interest have a fundamental impact in the US approach towards Albania, while on the other hand, this special relationshship with the American global power constitute a very important strategic priority in order to have the American support to fulfill Albania’s aspiration to fully integrate into the Euro-Atlantic structures.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2014.v3n4p279