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Kratkovida i gubitnička pozicija
Shortsighted and Losing Policy

Author(s): Sonja Biserko
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Keywords: Kosovo; Serbia; Russia; international relations;

Summary/Abstract: Russia's undertaking in and about Kosovo triggered off a state of mental confusion and chaos among Serbia's political elite. With domestic situation similar to that in Serbia, Russia is, the same as Serbia, incapable to define its true national interests that would take into account not only military power but also the overall social ambience - the population, its education, culture, healthcare, infrastructure and the like. Russia's saber-rattling and spiraling nationalism cannot but associate 1980s in Serbia - the time when Cosic and Milosevic steered for the radical nationalistic road of no return. The European Left, unaware that the world has changed irreversibly and that the balance of power relying on the Russian military strength is gone, cheers Russia's international...

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 109-110
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Serbian