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<p>Since 2012, the Republic of Serbia has been governed by the Serbian Progressive Party, and since 2017 its chairman has also been the president, who has full power in his hands. In the first years after taking power, this group implemented a policy that could have been surprising to public opinion, considering the fact that it separated from the Serbian Radical Party. The negotiations on Kosovo, which brought a number of agreements, the diplomatic offensive that created Serbia as a European partner and regional hegemon, dynamic progress in the EU accession process and the promotion of Western European values were the elements that noticeably exposed the change in the image of this country in relation to the previous decades. However, the second term of government began to fit into the pattern of the global phenomenon of populism, leading to the ruling group taking over the structures of the separation of powers and limiting democracy in the country. Subsequent general elections brought the strengthening of this party in the structures of the state, whose level of democracy was rated increasingly lower in international rankings. Moreover, the political system of Serbia itself began to be presented in scientific and expert analyses as an example of stabilitocracy. The aim of this topic is to analyse the specific power of President Aleksander Vučić and his party in relation to shaping the state’s multi-vector foreign policy.</p>
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Since 2012, the Republic of Serbia has been governed by the Serbian Progressive Party, and since 2017 its chairman has also been the president, who has full power in his hands. In the first years after taking power, this group implemented a policy that could have been surprising to public opinion, considering the fact that it separated from the Serbian Radical Party. The negotiations on Kosovo, which brought a number of agreements, the diplomatic offensive that created Serbia as a European partner and regional hegemon, dynamic progress in the EU accession process and the promotion of Western European values were the elements that noticeably exposed the change in the image of this country in relation to the previous decades. However, the second term of government began to fit into the pattern of the global phenomenon of populism, leading to the ruling group taking over the structures of the separation of powers and limiting democracy in the country. Subsequent general elections brought the strengthening of this party in the structures of the state, whose level of democracy was rated increasingly lower in international rankings. Moreover, the political system of Serbia itself began to be presented in scientific and expert analyses as an example of stabilitocracy. The aim of this topic is to analyse the specific power of President Aleksander Vučić and his party in relation to shaping the state’s multi-vector foreign policy.

The Impact of the Political System of the Republic of Serbia on Shaping Foreign Policy After 2012

Polish Political Science Review

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Since 2012, the Republic of Serbia has been governed by the Serbian Progressive Party, and since 2017 its chairman has also been the president, who has full...

The Impact of the Political System of the Republic of Serbia on Shaping Foreign Policy After 2012

Online veröffentlicht: 27. Juni 2024

Seitenbereich: 36 - 57

Eingereicht: 23. Okt. 2023

Akzeptiert: 06. März 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2024-0003

Schlüsselwörter
Republic of Serbia, Aleksander Vučić, stabilitocracy, multi-vector policy, Serbian foreign policy

© 2024 Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Impact of the Political System of the Republic of Serbia on Shaping Foreign Policy After 2012

Online veröffentlicht: 27. Juni 2024

Seitenbereich: 36 - 57

Eingereicht: 23. Okt. 2023

Akzeptiert: 06. März 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ppsr-2024-0003

SchlüsselwörterRepublic of Serbia, Aleksander Vučić, stabilitocracy, multi-vector policy, Serbian foreign policy

© 2024 Mirella Korzeniewska-Wiszniewska., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Republic of Serbia, Aleksander Vučić, stabilitocracy, multi-vector policy, Serbian foreign policy