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This publication discusses the military reform and defense conversion process in Albania, Macedonia and Croatia. It examines the adoption and implementation of strategic-doctrinal documents as well as the modernization and downsizing of armed forces, including reintegration measures for redundant personnel and arrangements for the sale and conversion of military bases. The author concludes that the reforms have been guided primarily by external actors, namely NATO, foreign private military companies and bilateral support from the US and various EU countries.