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Conditionality in the EU Accession Process: From a Normative Daydream to the Implementation Realities

Uroš Ćemalović; Milica Ilić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 2 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

Enlargement conditionality is a cornerstone of the European Union (EU) accession process, serving as a powerful tool despite its notable inherent limitations. By analysing its role during the previous two EU enlargements (2007 and 2013), as well as in Serbia’s EU accession process, the paper…

Lessons of the Belgrade School of International Relations through the Life and Legacy of Henry Kissinger

Miloš Vukelić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 2 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

The Geoeconomics of Power: How States Compete for Trade Routes in the 21st Century

Stefan Mandić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 2 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

Global trade stands out as an important factor that influences the socioeconomic power within the world-system. As focusing on trade routes would contribute to an understanding of global power distribution, the objective is to examine how trade routes impact the formation of socio-economic power…

Between Principle and Practice: Assessing Climate Justice in Climate Change Jurisprudence

Sofija Nikolić Popadić; Ivana Stjelja

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 2 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

The impacts of climate change are not evenly shared, with those least responsible often facing the gravest consequences. Therefore, climate crisis is best understood not merely as an environmental challenge, but also as a profound challenge to human rights and social equity. This article examines…

Governing Artificial Intelligence and Protecting Human Rights: A Comparative Legal Perspective from the European Union and China

Maida Bećirović-Alić; Jelica Gordanić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 2 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

The global expansion of automated systems, which often operate in a nontransparent manner and beyond effective human control, opens up complex issues related to the protection of basic human rights, which represents a broader context of this research. Particular challenges arise in the field of…

Editorial Notes

Nebojša Vuković

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 2 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

The Open Balkan Initiative: Pioneering Regional Cooperation or a Transient Political Experiment?

Mare Ushkovska

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 1 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

The Open Balkan Initiative is an interesting case study of the effectiveness of dissemination of Schengen-like arrangements beyond the EU, particularly as a locally initiated enterprise of intergovernmental coordination. Grounded in the new regionalism theory and the tenets of international…

The European Political Community and EU Enlargement Policy: Strategic Evasion, Internal Crises, and the Case of Serbia

Srđan M. Jovanović

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 1 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

This article examines the European Political Community (EPC) as a mechanism of strategic evasion in the European Union’s enlargement policy. Launched in 2022 in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EPC has been framed as a forum to deepen cooperation between EU and non-EU states, with some…

The European Political Community: The Advancement of EU influence and its Impact on Enlargement

Christina Eva Griessler

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 1 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

The author analyses the European Political Community (EPC) as a political platform of European states, including the EU and other partners from the EU’s wider European neighbourhood, aiming to jointly address issues of security, energy, and mobility, and a strategic foreign policy alignment. With…

Reform Processes within the IMF in the Context of Financial Crises: The Perspective of Analytical Eclecticism

Ognjen Dragičević

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 1 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

This paper aims to provide a theoretical framework to address the constraints imposed by the epistemological exclusivity of researchers, manifested in the reliance on a singular theoretical approach or a limited array of interrelated theoretical concepts in the examination of the International…

Serbia’s Foreign Policy Approach Between Strategic Indeterminacy and the Operationalization of the «Four Pillars» Doctrine

Nevena Stanković; Dragana Dabić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 78 No. 1 · 2026 · Serbia · DOAJ

In the absence of a codified strategic document, the foreign policy orientation of the Republic of Serbia can be more clearly observed through the patterns of its positioning vis à vis leading global actors, as well as through its responses to the pressures of the international system. This paper…

Šta ako Rusija pobedi u ratu? Sumoran hipotetički scenario za Evropu i NATO [Prikaz knjige]

Zoran R. Pešić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 3 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

South–South Cooperation across the Mekong: Practices, Dilemmas, and Pathways of Competitive Regionalism

Kuang-Ho Yeh; Sicong Li

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 3 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

In recent years, intensifying global strategic competition has given rise to what is prominently characterized as “competitive regionalism.” Under this framework, the present article shifts the focal point from great power rivalry to the South–South Cooperation dynamics through a comparative…

Montenegro’s Foreign Policy Evolution: Caught Between Serbia and the West

Mira Šorović

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 3 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

This article examines Montenegro’s political and foreign policy transformation between 1997 and 2000, focusing on its gradual shift from alignment with Serbia toward its independent international orientation. The hypothesis is that this shift was driven by internal political changes and…

On the Edge: Serbia between the West, Russia, and Its Own Course

Ana Jović-Lazić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 3 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

The war in Ukraine deepened global divisions and pushed even actors with limited power to articulate their positions. Serbia’s reaction — a public condemnation of the invasion, but with a refusal to impose sanctions — goes beyond the usual behaviour of small and medium-sized states that oscillate…

Unpacking the Elite–Public Foreign Policy (Dis)Connect: «Jealously Preserving» Military Neutrality in Serbia, Yet for Different Reasons?

Tijana Rečević

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 3 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

Public opinion on foreign policy was for decades largely dismissed in international relations and foreign policy studies, typically under the assumption that it merely mirrored elite preferences. Subsequent scholarship, however, has challenged this view by documenting numerous instances of “foreign…

Politička filozofija francuske Pete republike: elementi za razumevanje aktuelne krize režima

Ivica Mladenović; Zona Zarić

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 2 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

Ovaj rad istražuje političku filozofiju francuske Pete republike kroz analizu njenog institucionalnog okvira, ideoloških osnova i specifičnog modela organizacije vlasti. Osnovana 1958. godine kao reakcija na nestabilnost prethodnih republikanskih režima, Peta republika oslanjala se na snažno…

Grčko-turske pomorske krize: spoljnopolitička analiza

Marko Pejković

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 2 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

Predmet rada su sporovi između Grčke i Turske nakon grčke vojne diktature i turske invazije Kipra (1974) u Egeju/istočnom Mediteranu. U pitanju su najosetljiviji sporovi koji se mogu javiti između država, a tiču se suvereniteta nad teritorijalnim vodama i suverenih prava nad ekskluzivnom ekonomskom…

CO2 Emissions and Institutions: Moderating Role of Governance in Environmental Sustainability

Jelena Zvezdanović Lobanova; Mikhail Lobanov

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 1 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

The paper deals with the impact of institutional quality, as well as its interdependence with economic performance, on environmental degradation during the period from 2002 to 2021 for a panel of 27 transition countries. The main aim of the study is to investigate the interaction role of…

Uticaj ruske invazije na Ukrajinu na neutralnost u Evropi: Ѕlučaj Švedske, Finske, Austrije i Srbije

Dejan Stojković; Marko Golubović

Međunarodni Problemi, Vol. 77 No. 1 · 2025 · Serbia · DOAJ

Ovaj rad analizira uticaj ruske invazije na Ukrajinu na koncept neutralnosti u Evropi kroz slučajeve Švedske, Finske, Austrije i Srbije, a radi utvrđivanja činilaca koji oblikuju odluke država o očuvanju ili napuštanju neutralnosti. Istraživanje se oslanja na teorijske okvire neoklasičnog realizma…