The First Issue of the Foreign Policy Papers represents one possible overview of the most recent and important issues that characterize the contemporary, as well as recent history of the Western Balkans. The authors tried to shed light on the processes in the region from the perspective of the relationship between geography and geopolitics, using different approaches and opting for different thematic areas. They critically reviewed the initial thesis that although difficult and seemingly unattainable, there is no alternative to regional cooperation and the same goes for the European course of the region.