Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.18485/iipe_ru_sr.2020.ch5
Yuliya Bulannikova
: The article considers the current state of Serbian – Albanian relations by 2020. It gives an overview of the importance of Albania’s position on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija for the deepening of bilateral relations as well as the Serbian strategy in the region, analyses the main contradictions in Belgrade – Tirana relations, and identifies the features of Serbian diplomacy towards Albania. The chronological scope of the study is limited to 2008–2020, which is due to the emphasis on the analysis of the current disagreements between the two states in connection with the recent developments in Kosovo and Metohija. The article also deals with the changing situation in the Western Balkans in the context of the full incorporation of all countries into the European and Euro-Atlantic integration institutions. This article examines the internal and external factors of a certain degree of Serbian – Albanian relations, the positions and actions of those who support and those who oppose the cooperation of the two countries not only at the bilateral but also at the regional level.
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.18485/iipe_ru_sr.2020.ch15
Dušan Proroković
Research Fellow, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, e-mail: dusan@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs. The paper presents findings of a study developed as a part of the research project “Serbia and challenges in international relations in 2020”, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, and conducted by Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade. AMERICAN GEOPOLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY EURASIA: WHAT MUST BE DONE AND CAN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP BE PRESERVED? Dušan Proroković1 Abstract: The research question that is being answered is: Can the United States retain its position as a global leader? Or: What does the United States need to do to get back to its position before 2008? The theoretical framework in which the answer is sought is classical geopolitics. More specifically, the dualistic concept of the constant clash of the Tellurocratic and Thalassocratic forces, the Continental and the Maritime powers. Therefore, the scenarios that predict what the United States has to do are directly derived from geopolitical logic. The specific methods used in this research are analysis, synthesis, abstraction, induction, and deduction. The research aims to examine the potential activities the United States can take to maintain global leadership. In this context, the research objective is related to scientific description and prediction.
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.18485/iipe_ru_sr.2020.ch8
E. Pashentsev
AT THE BALKANS: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS Evgeny N. Pashentsev1 Abstract: The article seeks to explore the role and the channels of Russia’s information presence in the Balkans. Focusing first of all on the activity of the Russian media in the region, it also describes the activity of Russian public diplomacy institutions, foundations, public organizations, scientific associations, etc., which have developed a collaboration with civil society institutions of the Balkan countries in the interest of bilateral and multilateral cooperation. When implementing strategic communication, the main attribution is the “synchronization of words” (information support of the state course) and “deeds” (long-term public policy) and how they will be perceived by target audiences. Thus, the very actions of the Russian state and its various representatives (both officials and a wide range of non-state actors), undertaken both in Russia and the Balkans, constantly project certain meanings into the minds of the audience. The most significant will be projections of real cases that objectively benefit both Russia and the Balkan countries themselves, for example, the creation of high-tech jobs and assistance in crisis situations. Not only are new crises dangerous for Russia, but it is important for Russia not to lose the opportunities to strengthen relations with the Balkan countries and with all other countries that do not want to see Europe and the Balkans as only a chessboard of the great powers, or even worse the possible battlefield of a WW3.
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