Pojam nacionalnog interesa i međunarodni položaj Srbije
The concept of national interest and the international position of Serbia

Author(s): Vojin Dimitrijević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Constitutional Law, Civil Society, Political behavior, Politics and society, Nationalism Studies
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: realism; idealism; Serbia; Načertanije; Garašanin; nationalism; self-determination; territorial integrity; Aland Islands; Society of Nations; Russia; Austria; Serbia; Montenegro; Croatia; Macedonia
Summary/Abstract: National interest is one of the central concepts in "realist" theorizing about politics: "political realism" has always been a way of interpreting political relations. The realist school dominated until recently the study of international relations, starting from the fact that the main motive of the subjects of those relations is to serve the national interest, translated into power. In Serbia, for a long time, it was considered that it was about a nation, rather than a state, that Serbia does not exist outside of Serbia and that history determined it to represent general Serbian interests. The discussion about state interest would be possible only after Serbia unequivocally gains complete independence as an independent state, which happened recently. The question is, however, whether "national interest" has become a useful analytical term in today's Serbia.

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