Finlandization as a model of neutrality of small states

Trapara, Vladimir

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“…У II светском рату, они су -као и прибалтичке државе -третирали Немце као савезнике против Совјета, формиравши своје јединице за борбу на страни нацистичке Немачке; пред крај рата су променили страну и издејствовали да им СССР призна статус "неутралне државе". Због специфичност, у теорији међународних односа, чак се говори о "финландизацији" (в Trapara, 2016)…”

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Рат Који Је Избио Са Три Деценије Доцње

В. Шуваковић

2023

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The paper gives arguments for the thesis that, from the perspective of Russian geopolitical interests and their protection, the military intervention in Ukraine was inevitable and came with the delay of three decades. On the one hand, it is a direct consequence of the USSR breakup and the NATO encirclement of Russia, through extending the North Atlantic Alliance to the former member-countries of the Warsaw Pact, some of the former member-states of the USSR (the Baltic countries), as well as all the former Yugoslav republics (except for Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). On the other hand, it is the result of building new state identities in the anti-Russian narrative, with the violence exerted against ethnic Russians and Russophones, which was particularly pronounced in Ukraine. At the same time, the West pursued a perfidious policy towards Russia. The three-decade delay is the consequence of the illusions cherished by the West and of untimely Russian learning the lessons from the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia, for which the West is most directly responsible. Concurrently, the attitude towards the compatriots who remained outside the borders of Russia also partly explains Russian policy during the Yugoslav crisis in the last decade of the 20th century. The ultimate goal of such Western policy is in the idea of achieving the “breakthrough to the East” via breaking up Russia (“decolonization of Russia”) and, furthermore, via breaking up China, which was declared as the sole global competitor of the USA in the latest US National Security Strategy from 2022. Key words: disintegration of the USSR, breakup of the SFRY, Russia, Ukraine, genesis and causes of the ethnic conflict, 2022 Russian military intervention.

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Рат Који Је Избио Са Три Деценије Доцње

В. Шуваковић

2023

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Organization of the defense system according to the concept of total defense on the example of Switzerland, Sweden and Serbia

Djukic,

Vuletic

2023

Medjunar probl

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The authors consider the defense systems of Switzerland, Sweden and Serbia, organized according to the concept of total defense and determined to organize defense by engaging all the resources of society. Total defense represents a rational and integrated form of security and defense organization of the subjects of society. it includes military, civil and other forms of defense and represents a choice of militarily neutral states, as well as those that are part of defense alliances (NATO), whereby a significant factor is the coordinated action of the system component and the development of national logistics. The work seeks to gain insight into perceptions of challenges, risks and threats, elements of defense policy and organization of the defense system by reviewing and analyzing publicly available strategic and other documents important for the security and defense of selected countries. The main hypothesis of the paper is that the organization and implementation of total defense in Switzerland and Sweden can represent good examples for countries, such as Serbia, which strive to organize their defense according to the principle of total defense. Switzerland is a permanently neutral country, while Sweden and Serbia are militarily neutral, although Sweden has applied for NATO membership. Different war pasts, strategic positions, perceptions of challenges, risks and threats, demographic structure, economic development and allocations for defense and other states? characteristics also result in differences in the concept and organization of defense as a whole or by segment. States view security holistically, and defense systems as complex and dynamic systems, dependent on external and internal factors, which requires their constant adaptation to changes in the environment and within the limits of economic possibilities.

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Finlandization as a model of neutrality of small states

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Рат Који Је Избио Са Три Деценије Доцње

Рат Који Је Избио Са Три Деценије Доцње

Organization of the defense system according to the concept of total defense on the example of Switzerland, Sweden and Serbia

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