Modern Russia in the Modern Balkans: Soft Power through Investment
... the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 1990s, Russia in the 2000s began to restore its presence through economic ... ... Yugoslavia analyzed in this paper can be divided into three groups. Serbia, which has historically enjoyed a “special relationship” ... ... Western-oriented; and a number of large investment projects have failed. Bosnia and Herzegovina may be called prospective partners , especially ... ... while also providing a solid testing ground for the use of “soft power” in other, less friendly, parts of the world in ...
23.05.2014