Anticorruption as a Means of Implementation of Domestic and Foreign Policy Objectives: Case of Albania

The research belongs to the sphere of anti-corruption and attempts to enrich the knowledge on Albania’s anti-corruption policy and its features. The research question is associated with the facts that Albania pursues the inconsistent policy in the sphere and analysts notice flaws in the policy. The present research introduces the assumption that anti-corruption reforms in Albania were aimed at decreasing the level of attention to state's internal policy on the part of international organizations and at simplifying and accelerating the admission to the European Union. The current project is linked to institutionalism as methodological framework. The general purpose of the investigation is to identify the conditions and processes related to the choice of such a policy by the Albanian government. Exploring the research question the comparative analysis and expert interviews are applied. The comparative analysis is used to take into account the international experience while expert interviews serve as a method for the profound examination of the Albanian case. Thus the results anticipated involve a complete analysis of the Albanian anti-corruption agenda and findings giving a valid explanation for the inconsistencies in its implementation.