Diplomacy in Southeastern Europe

Interactions during Détente

Contributions by Mišo Kapetanović Contributions by Oliver Rathkolb Contributions by Petra Mayrhofer Contributions by Effie Pedaliu Contributions by Boštjan Udovič Contributions by Tvrtko Jakovina Edited by Petra Mayrhofer Edited by Oliver Rathkolb

Book cover: Diplomacy in Southeastern Europe

Extent: 130 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Business & Economics, Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2022)

ISBN: 9783847114109

6.1 x 9.06 inches

Price: $32.00

In stock

Due to its geostrategic location on the Balkan peninsula, Yugoslavia became an important focus for the U.S.S.R. and the United States during the East-West conflict. After the break with Stalin in 1948, Tito sought to position Yugoslavia as a non-aligned state on the international level and played a hegemonic role in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The essays analyze Yugoslav policy in the 1960s and 1970s, examining its intentions, its developments, its strategic advantages, and its limits in the context of (geo-) political, economic, and cultural circumstances, with a focus on non-alignment as a leitmotiv of Yugoslav political ambitions, political and economic relations between Yugoslavia and countries of the NAM, the role of the Balkans in U.S. Cold War policy, and aspects of Yugoslav labor migration.


This issue of zeitgeschichte offers a comprehensive survey of aspects of Yugoslav foreign policy during Cold War detente. Due to its geostrategic location on the Balkan peninsula, Yugoslavia became an important focus for the U.S.S.R. and the United States during the East-West conflict. After the break with Stalin in 1948, Tito sought to position Yugoslavia as a non-aligned state on the international level and played a hegemonic role in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The essays analyze Yugoslav policy in the 1960s and 1970s, examining its intentions, its developments, its strategic advantages, and its limits in the context of (geo-) political, economic, and cultural circumstances, with a focus on non-alignment as a leitmotiv of Yugoslav political ambitions, political and economic relations between Yugoslavia and countries of the NAM, the role of the Balkans in U.S. Cold War policy, and aspects of Yugoslav labor migration.

  • Contributions by Mišo Kapetanović
  • Contributions by Oliver Rathkolb
  • Contributions by Petra Mayrhofer
  • Contributions by Effie Pedaliu
  • Contributions by Boštjan Udovič
  • Contributions by Tvrtko Jakovina
  • Edited by Petra Mayrhofer
  • Edited by Oliver Rathkolb