The Balkan Kettle: Russia&apos;s policy toward the Balkans

Bogusław Jagiełło

doi:10.35467/sdq/138674

War Studies Academy

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Title

The Balkan Kettle: Russia's policy toward the Balkans

Authors

Bogusław Jagiełło (WBN) ^{[ 1 ][ 6.5 ][ P ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Instytut Teorii Bezpieczeństwa, Wydział Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | ^{[ P ]} employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[6.5] Political and administrative sciences

Year of publication

2021

Published in

Security and Defence Quarterly

Journal year: 2021 | Journal volume: vol. 35 | Journal number: no. 3

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords

PL

Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe
Energia
Europa
Geopolityka
Kraje bałkańskie
Polityka bezpieczeństwa
Religia
Rosja
Stosunki międzynarodowe
Unia Europejska (UE)

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Balkan region
Energy
Europe
European Union
Geopolitics
International relations
International security
Religion
Russia
Security policy

Abstract

EN The purpose of this article is to identify the policy orientations of Russia in the Balkans. The historical aspects of Russia's political and cultural ties with the Balkan region, Russia's policy toward the Balkans during the USSR period will be highlighted. As the Balkans are an important factor in Russia's geopolitical game to retain influence in Europe, the author analyses Russia's contemporary policy in the Balkans, its interests and the measures taken to achieve its specific goals. It can be concluded that Russian involvement in some Balkan countries is exhausting the elements of the hybrid war. Two possible models of geopolitical behavior in relation to Russia could be distinguished. The first is to continue trying to stay as far away from Russia, the second is to build effective mechanisms for socio-economic cooperation. It can be implied that Russia will not hesitate to repeat the hybrid war scenario from Ukraine in order to maintain its political influence in the region. Only the return of the EU to a consistent policy of enlargement to Balkan countries and the economic strengthening of the Member States from the Balkan region can weaken Russia's political influence in the region.

Date of online publication

20.09.2021

Pages (from - to)

47 - 61

DOI

10.35467/sdq/138674

URL

https://securityanddefence.pl/The-Balkan-Kettle-Russia-s-policy-toward-the-Balkans,138674,0,2.html

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CC BY (attribution alone)

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open journal