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

... traditional values and alliances in favor of new ones that allow them to keep their 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 ...