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EXPANSION IN THE BALKANS AS AN IMPLEMENT OF GEOPOLITICAL INFLUENCE Ivan V. Surma1 Abstract: Modern information and communication expansion is one of the instruments of geopolitical influence, which is used along with military and economic expansion to achieve dominance in a specific target region. The author, based on a systematic approach, attempts to explore the current state of the information and communication space of the Balkans. The article considers the issue of information and communication expansion of Western countries in the Balkan political arena, with clearly defined goals pursued by the US and the EU, which do not always coincide. In recent years they have even come into a certain contradiction, especially since dissatisfaction with the European Union is ripening in the Balkans due to the EU’s new approach in the form of “privileged partnership”. It is shown that, on the one hand, the process of external acquisition by foreign actors of key mass media, Internet providers and mobile communications of the Balkan states is currently underway (ideally they are interested in establishing full control over the media and mobile communication systems of the Balkans). On the other hand, the thesis in the Western mass media that Russia systematically affects it, for which information campaigns allegedly have long been a habitual affair, blows onto the media space of the Balkan countries. Accordingly, the media very clearly follow the EU and NATO orders, that is, they work out the financing, demonizing Russia. The author believes that the United States and the EU see their main task in the formation and education of a new generation of young analysts and experts who could defend the positions of Western countries and leading international organizations, explain to the population their advantages, and give favorable forecasts for them. Various structures, information and

Information and Communication Expansion in the Balkans as an Implement of Geopolitical Influence