Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Edited Volumes

• Petrovic M; Tzifakis N (Ed.) (2021) EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: The geopolitical turn or another postponement? (Special Journal Issue). Journal of Contemporary European Studies 29(2).

• Petrovic M; Fish SM; Gill G (Ed.) (2017) A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed. (First ed.) Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan - Springer. 360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7.

Authored Books

• Petrovic M. (2013) The democratic transition of post-communist Europe: In the shadow of communist differences and uneven EUropeanisation. Houndmills, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. xx+196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137315359.

Journal Articles

• Petrovic M. and Griffin A. (2021) The EU’s Eastern enlargement as an opportunity for increasing trade and economic relations between the EU and New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 13(2).

• Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2021) Bilateral relations in the Western Balkans as a challenge for EU accession. Jiurnal of Contemporary European Studies 29(2): 201-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2020.1865884.

• Petrovic M. (2018) Serbia on its Way to EU Membership – the remaining challenges and obstacles. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 10(3): 3-8.

• Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2018) Serbia’s relations with its Western Balkan neighbours as a challenge for its accession to the EU. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 10(3): 49-68.

• Petrovic M. (2013) Towards the EU... or on a Third Path? Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 5(2): 95-98.

• Petrovic M. and Smith NR. (2013) In Croatia's Slipstream or on an Alternative Road? Assessing the objective case for the remaining Western Balkan states acceding into the EU. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 13(4): 553-573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2013.859812.

Chapters

• Petrovic M. (2020) The Post-communist Transition of the Western Balkans: EUropeanisation with a small enlargement carrot. In Akimov A; Kazakevich G (Ed.), 30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Turns and Twists in Economies, Politics, and Societies in the Post-Communist Countries Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0317-7.

• Petrovic M. (2017) Post-Communist Transition Under the Umbrella of Uneven EUropeanisation: East Central Europe, the Baltic States and the Balkans. In Petrovic M; Fish SM; Gill G (Ed.), A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed (First ed.): 41-74. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan - Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7.

• Petrovic M., Fish SM. and Gill G. (2017) Introduction. In Petrovic M; Fish MS; Gill G (Ed.), A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed (First ed.): 1-7. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan - Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43437-7.

• Petrovic M. and Klatt M. (2015) The European Union and its post-communist neighbours: EU enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy. In Witzleb N; Arranz AM; Winand P (Ed.), The European Union and Global Engagement: Institutions, Policies and Challenges: 197-215. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781783477593.00020.

• Petrovic M. (2014) Opsti Trendovi Privrenog Razvoja I Industrijalizacije Srbije U Socijalistickoj Jugoslavi [The General Trends of economic development and industrialization of Serbia in Socialist Yugoslavia]. In Draskovic B (Ed.), Deindustrijalizacija U Srbiji-Mogucnost revitalizacije industrijskog sektora [Deindustrialization in Serbia - The prospects of rebuilding the industrial sector]: 134-144. Belgrade: Institute of Economic Sciences.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Petrovic M. (2016) EU enlargement into the Western Balkans: What went wrong? In Proceedings of the European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Petrovic M. (2021) If not the EU, Who? Melbourne, Australia and Virtual: EUSAAP Conference 2021: New Directions, New Leadership in a post-Covid Environment, 28-29 Jun 2021.

• Petrovic M. (2021) Is EU enlargement to the Western Balkans still a realistic prospect after Covid 19? University of Canterbury, Christchurch: NCRE JM Workshop: EU Enlargement and the Eastern Partnership in Post-Covid 19 Europe, 23-23 Apr 2021.

• Petrovic M. (2020) Does the Covid-19 crisis signal the end of EU enlargement?. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington: NZPSA International Relations Network Workshop, 23-23 Nov 2020.

• Petrovic M. (2019) Powerful Norms with Weak and Inconsistent Policy Support: The EU’s normative power and the EUropeanisation of the post-communist Western Balkans (full conference paper). University of Berlgrade, Belgrade: CEEISA-ISA Conference:International Relations in the Age of Anxiety, 17-19 Jun 2019.

• Petrovic M. (2019) The EU and the post-communist Western Balkans: democratisation with a very small enlargement carrot. Griffith University, Gold Coast: (AACaPS) 14th Biennial Conference: “30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall. How Communism and Post-communism are tracking, 31 Jan-1 Feb 2019.

• Petrovic M. and Mtchedlishvili D. (2019) EU Enlargement and the Eastern Partnership after Brexit: new prospects or new challenges. University of canterbury, Christchurch: 2019 New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 27-29 Nov 2019.

• Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2019) Bilateral relations in the Western Balkans as a challenge to EU accession. Belgrade: International Symposium: “Western Balkan accession to the EU: A new strategy or a new postponement?”,, 14-14 Jun 2019.

• Petrovic M. (2018) EUropanisation of the Balkans: a near future or ‘mission impossible’? Taipei, Taiwan: European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference (2018 EUSAAP), 28-29 Jun 2018.

• Petrovic M. (2018) Will Montenegro and Serbia really join the EU by 2025…or not? University of the Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece: The EU and the Balkans at the End of the Second Decade of the 21st Century, 4-5 Jun 2018.

• Petrovic M. (2017) (A Return to) Communism is Not a Solution. Canberra: A CENTURY OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE: 1917–, 28-29 Jun 2017.

• Petrovic M. (2017) New Zealand and the Western Balkans – general socio-political and economic relations in light of the progress of the Western Balkan states in EU accession. Belgrade: EU relations with the Western Balkan states: Perspectives frpom Serbia and New Zealand, 6-6 Jun 2017.

• Petrovic M. (2016) What about EU Enlargement Leverage and the Democratization of the Western Balkans? Trento, Italy: 8th Pan-European Conference on the European Union, Standing Group on the EU, 15-18 Jun 2016.

• Petrovic M. (2015) Inherited Structural Disadvantages or a Lack of Foreign Assistance? The Western Balkan States between their Troublesome Past and their Uncertain 'EU Future'. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: A Quarter Century of Post-Communism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2-3 Feb 2015.

• Petrovic M. (2015) Peace without state building: assessing the results of the EU's peace and statehood-building efforts in the Western Balkans. Seoul, South Korea: European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference (EUSAAP), 11-12 Jun 2015.

• Petrovic M. (2015) Powerful Norms or Powerful Politics: The EU’s normative power and the EUropeanisation of the post-communist Western Balkans. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand EUCN Annual Conference: “Europe: New Leadership, New Directions?, 23-24 Nov 2015.

• Petrovic M. (2015) The Different Values and Norms or the Different Conditions? Revisiting the Causes of Postponed EU Accession of the WB states. Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece: 8th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 30-31 Mar 2015.

• Petrovic M. (2014) The EU's normative power and peace and democracy building in the Western Balkans. Christchurch, New Zealand: Jean Monnet Chair and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Symposium: Normative Power Europe?: EU External Outreach and International Identity, 28-28 Feb 2014.

• Petrovic M. (2013) EU Enlargement into the Western Balkans beyond 2013: wishful thinking? Christchurch, New Zealand: NZ Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2-3 Dec 2013.

• Petrovic M. (2013) Investigating the Different Regional Successes in Post-communist Transition - the importance of the 'right' political choices. Hobart, Australia: Australasian Association of Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACaPS) 11th Biennial Conference, 7-8 Feb 2013.

• Petrovic M. (2012) A United or Partly United Europe? Will the Western Balkans and Turkey Ever Join? Sydney, Australia: Fifth Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS), 18-20 Jul 2012.

• Petrovic M. and Smith N. (2012) A closing door? Defining the limits of EU eastern enlargement beyond Croatia's accession. Palmerston North, New Zealand: New Zealand EU Centres Network Annual Conference (EUCNetwork), 13-15 Dec 2012.

Oral Presentations

• Petrovic M. (2021) The EU and Europeanisation of post-communist Europe. Viktoria University of Wellington, Wellington: 26 May 2021.

• Petrovic M. (2018) The Western Balkans and the EU: membership but when? Political Science Department at the University of the Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece, 7 June, 2018: Guest lecture.

• Petrovic M. (2017) EU Relations with the Western Balkan States and the Main Obstacles to Faster Accession of these States to the EU. Center for European Integration Studies at the University Bonn, Germany: Invited Lecture, 21 Mar 2017.

• Petrovic M. (2017) Powerful norms with weak and inconsistent policy support or: Why did the EU’s normative power not work better in the post-communist Western Balkans? Political Science Department of the University of Ghent, Belgium, Invited Lecture, 23 Feb 2017.

• Petrovic M. (2014) Srbija izmedju Titoisticke proslosti i EUropske buducnosti/ Serbia between its Titoist past and a EUropean future. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences, Belgrade: Lecture.

Other

• Petrovic M. (2018) Serbia and the EU, TV interview for "Kapitalno, ekonomski magazine". Belgrade: [TV/video].

• Petrovic M. and Smith N. (2014) Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are close to reaching EU accession standards, but the other Western Balkan states require further reforms. London School of Economics: European Politics and Policy Blog (EUROPP) [Blog].

Reports

• Petrovic M., Mtchedlishvili D. and Wilson G. (2020) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 2/2019-20..

• Petrovic M., Wang X. and Wilson G. (2020) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 1/2019-20.1-10.

• Petrovic M., Mtchedlishvili D. and Wilson G. (2019) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 2/2018-19 (Socio-Political Conditions and Developments).National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury. 1-9.

• Petrovic M., Wang X. and Wilson G. (2019) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 1/2018-19 (General socio-economic trends and relations with New Zealand).National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury. 1-9.

• Petrovic M., Mtchedlishvili D. and Wilson G. (2018) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 2/2017-18 (Socio-Political Conditions and Developments).national Centre for Reasearch on Europe, University of Canterbury. 1-10.

• Petrovic M., Wang X. and Wilson G. (2018) Jean Monnet Chair Dr Milenko Petrovic, Policy Briefs Series: Developments in South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership Countries, Brief No 1/2017-18 (General socio-economic trends and relations with New Zealand).National Centre for Research of Europe. 1-8.

• Petrovic M. (2017) EUCN Policy Briefs, No 3/2016 Developments in South-Eastern Europe: The Achieved Progress and Remaining Challenges to the EU Accession Process of the Western Balkan States..

• Petrovic M. (2016) EUCN Policy Briefs, No 1/2016 Developments in South-Eastern Europe General economic trends and relations with New Zealand..

• Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2016) EUCN Policy Briefs, No 2/2016 Developments in South-Eastern Europe: Socio-Political Conditions and Developments..

• Petrovic M. (2015) EUCN Policy Briefs No. 1/2015 (February/March 2015): Developments in South-Eastern Europe.Commissioned by EUCN, New Zealand.

• Petrovic M. (2015) EUCN Policy Briefs No. 3/2015 (November 2015): Developments in South-Eastern Europe - The Achieved Progress and Remaining Challenges to the EU Accession Process of the Western Balkan States.Commissioned by EUCN, New Zealand.

• Petrovic M. and Wilson G. (2015) EUCN Policy Briefs No. 2/2015 (August 2015): Developments in South-Eastern Europe - Socio-Political Conditions and Developments.Commissioned by EUCN, New Zealand.

Student Supervision

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Current
• PhD - Bland L: New Zealand’s Responsibilities Towards Environmentally Displaced Persons in the Pacific.
• PhD - Malkov A: Russia’s interactions with Central-Eastern Europe: Power-driven or interest-driven cooperation
• PhD - Mtchedlishvili D: Dilemmas of Europeanization: Foreign Policy of the European Union towards the South Caucasus
• PhD - Wang X: The EU-China relationship in the context of the “16+1” cooperation framework
• PhD - Xiyin L: Analysing the EU’s external governance effort in greening the industrial production outside its neighbouring periphery: A China case
Completed
• PhD - Ember A: Enlarged Europe, shrinking relations? : the impacts of Hungary's EU membership on the development of bilateral relations between New Zealand and Hungary (2008)
• PhD - Sabatovych I: Is there a successful transition without European integration? Investigating the key determinants of Ukraine’s post-communist transformation (2019)
• PhD - Toth G: A Constructive Relationship Between the European Union and Australia: the philosophical foundations of international relations with special regard to social constructivism (2014)
• Masters - Andrew C: Saving state-building : EU contributions to security sector reform in Afghanistan (2011)
• Masters - Griffin A: New Zealand’s Relations with Post-Communist Central and Eastern European countries since their accession to the European Union (2020)
• Masters - Hall P: Analysis of the political and socioeconomic reasons for Sweden's resistance to join the Eurozone (2019)
• Masters - Manders K: 2012-Masters Thesis-Manders, Kirsten (2013)
• Masters - Morgan R: Enlargement 2007 : Romania, Bulgaria and the path to the European Union (2009)
• Honours - Black S: How has New Zealand’s trading relationship with the European Union changed in recent decades and how has the Common Agricultural Policy affected both parties? (2013)
• Honours - Howard S: Migrant Agricultural Labour, comparing Italian schemes as member of the European Union with the New Zealand Recognised Employer Scheme (2012)
• Honours - Rothwell L: Why did some Eastern European states find the transition from communism to democracy easier than others? (2014)

Review and Refereeing

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• Europe-Asia Studies and International Studies Perspectives ( 2012 - 2022)

Research Groups

Future Research

• Prospects, opportunities and challenges of further EU enlargement to the East
• The impacts of further EU enlargement on New Zealand’s political, economic and cultural interests
• The impacts of the legacy of communism on the different results in post-communist political and economic transition in Eastern Europe
• Post-communist transition and cooperation with the West and the EU
• Prospects and obstacles to post-communist transition in the Western Balkans