Europe and the Collapse of Yugoslavia The Role of Non-State Actors and European Diplomacy

by Radeljic, Branislav

• ISBN13: 9781848859890
• ISBN10: 1848859899
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury

Summary

In 1992 Yugoslavia finally succumbed to civil war, collapsing under the pressure of its inherent ethnic tensions. Existing accounts of Yugoslavia's dissolution, however, pay little regard to the troubled relationship between the Yugoslav Federation and the European Community (EC) prior to the crisis in the early 1990s, and the instability this created. Here, Branislav Radeljic offers an empirical analysis of the EC's relations with Yugoslavia from the late sixties, when ugoslavia was under the presidency of Josep Broz Tito, through to the collapse of the nation state in 1992, after the rise of Slobodan Milo.evi. and the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars. Radeljic explores the economic, political and social elements of these discords, and also places emphasis on the role of Slovenes, Croats and other diasporas] focusing on their capacity to affect policy]making at a Europe]wide level. Radeljic argues convincingly that a lack of direction and inadequate political mechanisms within the EC enabled these non]state actors to take centre]stage, and shows how EC paralysis precipitated a bloody conflict in the Balkan region.

Author Biography

Branislav Radeljic is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of East London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements * List of Abbreviations * Introduction * Writing the Collapse of Yugoslavia: Existing and Potential Arguments * Internal Factors * Economics: Factor of Connectivity * External Factors * What is yet to be Examined? * Conclusion * EUROPEAN COMMUNITY RELATIONS WITH YUGOSLAVIA * The European Community and Yugoslavia from Unofficial to Official Relations * Getting to Know Each Other * Communication * The 1960s: Closer or Looser Ties? * 1968: The Establishment of Official Relations * New Dynamics * Conclusion *The European Community and Yugoslavia from Integration to Disintegration * Introducing New Debates and Greater Concerns * The 1980s: New Agreement and New Challenges * 'A Slight Cooling in EEC-Yugoslavia Relations' * The End of the 1980s * Yugoslavs in the European Community * Conclusion * THE ROLE OF NON-STATE ACTORS * Calling Diaspora and Diaspora Calling: Impact of Diasporas on European Community Policy * Slovenian Activism * Croatian Activism * Diaspora Strategies within the European Community * Diasporas and Individual European States * Conclusion * Media Power: Media Influence on European Community Policy * Yugoslav Media and the Public * Awakening of the Western Media * European Community Reactions * Media Relevance for European Decision-Making * Conclusion * With the Blessing of the Vatican: The Catholic Church and European Community Policy * Between the Yugoslav Leadership and the Vatican * Religious Aspects of the Yugoslav Crisis * From Churches to the Brussels Officials * Conclusion * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography *Index