Gospodarske osnove srpskog ekspanzionizma
Economic Foundations of Serbian Expansionism

Summary/Abstract: The author is of the opinion that Serbian expansionism is the result of Serbia’s geopolitical and economic disadvantages: its continental isolation, peripheral agrarian economy and scattered population in relatively undeveloped regions outside Serbia proper. The Serbian state has tried in the last hundred years to make up for these shortcomings by territorial expansion. Yugoslavia was the realization of that objective since in it Serbia arrogated significant resources by means of centralist redistribution. When the Yugoslav state met with a crisis, Serbian leadership did not agree to a confederal reform but opted for using their superior military might. The economic consequences of this show of force were tremendous: direct damage, due to the destruction and the occupation and indirect damage as well as to the misappropriation of federal assets. Serbia is today faced with the failure of its venture so its priority is the lifting of the economic sanctions. The Croatian state in this historic moment must, above all, secure its territorial integrity and prevent the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Details
• Contents