Balkanski ratovi, evropske vrijednosti i teorijske kontroverze
BALKAN WARS, EUROPEAN VALUES AND THEORETICAL CONTROVERSIES

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to approach the issue of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) in its complexity and stratification. As such, the issue demands a multi-disciplinary analysis. The roots and consequences of the Balkan Wars are not only political and military, but also cultural, socio psychological, religious and primarily nationalistic. The failure in providing a synthetically relevant explication entailed in both ideological contentions and theoretical controversies. In order to contribute, the author intends to open following topics: 1. ‘Eastern Question’ as the root of the Balkan Wars; 2. Where have the Balkan Wars actually started: in Bosnia or Berlin?; 3. Did Bosnia transformed the ‘Eastern Question’ into a “Western Question”?; 4. The Balkan Wars/the Great War: the End of Multi-ethnic state and the Triumph of Nation State? 5. The Balkan Wars: Clash of Civilizations or Clash of Nationalisms? 6. Quite a Theoretical Dilemma: Liberation vs. Occupation, or vice versa? The answers provided by the paper might shed light on modern history of Europe. It also pretends to point out the Europe’s current embarrassments with its own values on the basis of lessons from the Balkan Wars.

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