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Is “Value Diplomacy” Possible? Serbia’s UNGA Behavior During the Ukraine Crisis

... legitimacy (Dufalla and Metodieva, 2024; Eriashev and Makarycheva 2021). That being said, the following paper will explore the ability of small states to pursue value diplomacy in times of crisis by analyzing the political behavior of Serbia in the United Nations General Assembly since the start of the Ukrainian Crisis in 2014. It begins by outlining the core principles of Serbian foreign policy towards Russia and the values behind it, before turning to an analysis of Serbia’s UNGA voting on Ukraine-related resolutions between 2014 and 2025. Through this comparison, the study assesses whether Serbia’s actions reflect value diplomacy or the constraints of economic and geopolitical pressure and draws conclusions on the broader ...

13.02.2026

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Voting Practices of Sub-Saharan States of Africa at the UN General Assembly: Latest Trends and Underlying Strategies

... this issue topic-wise as well as in a broader sense. The paper considers a number of indicators that help assess the involvement of the continent’s different countries in the voting processes, builds on the various types of strategic behavior in the UNGA, evaluates consistencies of issue-related stances adopted by African member states. Finally, the research provides a measure of voting coincidence between African nations and the UN’s P5 on different items on the UNGA agenda. Voting Practices of ...

29.05.2023

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