Austria’s approach to the separation of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-2-51-61
Abstract
Since the late 1980s, Austria, using and consistently widening its political-diplomatic and military-political set of instruments, has actively started to be involved in determining the further contours of Yugoslavia’s evoution. Slovenia and Croatia turned out to be the first polygon for this policy, within the framework of which the key parameters of the Alpine Republic’s approach to the further formation of the post-Yugoslavia space were established.
The article analyses the general approach of official Vienna to the discussed issue in the period when Slovenia and Croatia separated from the SFRY. The author consistently studies the nature and dynamics of the bilateral contacts between Austria and both Republics. Special attention is paid to the determination of the main incentive motives in support of official Ljubljana and Zagreb; the paper also identifies the similar features and the specifics of such policy, carries out research on the mechanisms used, and the conclusion is made concerning the model of interaction.
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About the Author
D. A. Zelenov
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitriy A. Zelenov, postgraduate student
6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
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Zelenov D.A. Austria’s approach to the separation of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2024;(2):51-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2024-2-51-61
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