Србија као геостратешки изазов Европске уније
Serbia as a geostrategic challenge to the European Union

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author concludes that Serbia represents an exceptional geostrategic challenge and the political Gordian knot for the European Union. The mentioned situation was determined by considering the existing constellation of international relations and the institutional structure of the European Union. According to the author, the basic problem with the new enlargement of the European Union stems from the fact that in the member states there is a belief that such enlargement to the Western Balkans could burden the existing institutional system and European funds. Therefore, itis considered that urgent internal reform is needed in order to achieve the conditions for the Western Balkans enlargement. Although the European Union has had some gains in the past through the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, this progress is not entirely satisfactory for the European Union's common market to be extended to the region. The deficit of European funds for development and expansion has redirected Serbia to the capital markets of China, Russia, and Turkey. For the European Union, such repositioning is unacceptable, but still not very alarming since it accepts the trade and economic cooperation with these countries. What bothers the European Union is that the influence of foreign direct investments from the mentioned countries endangers its sphere of interest and the sphere of influence in the Western Balkans. The author discusses these contradictions more closely, presenting appropriate arguments about the current position of Serbia and the prospects for its accession to the European Union.

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