The Balkans and the region's neighbors have been the main subject of Albania's foreign policy since the fall of the communist regime 30 years ago. From once being "the center of the world" in asymmetrical and privileged relations with superpowers to ending up in total isolation, the playing field of Albanian diplomacy remains the Balkans, a historically critical and influential region for international relations on a global scale. ...A theoretical perspective of the behaviour of weak and small states in international relations and...a critical account of Albanian foreign policy in the Balkans.