Have Your Cake and Eat It: The Dilemma of Serbia’s Relations with the EU and Russia
Have Your Cake and Eat It: The Dilemma of Serbia’s Relations with the EU and Russia
Author(s): Tomasz Żornaczuk
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: European Union; Russian Federation; Serbia; Serbian-Russian relations; Serbia’s integration in EU; national interests;
Summary/Abstract: Neither the start of negotiations with the EU at the beginning of 2014, nor the aggravating crisis in Ukraine at that time, have loosened Serbia’s close relations with Russia. Meanwhile, in the changing international situation, the policy of equal distance towards Moscow and Brussels is risky because it puts Serbia in the middle of a dispute between the two parties. Since the country’s integration with the EU remains a priority for the government in Belgrade, it is worth seeing this process as an opportunity for the achievement of national interests through coordinating positions with the EU, including with the aim to create the energy union.
Series: PISM Bulletin
- Page Count: 2
- Publication Year: 2015
- Language: English
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