Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/moxpjhzglm
Decision-Making in the Foreign Policy of Early Modern Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
Lovro Kunčević
; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Institute of Historical Sciences in Dubrovnik
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Abstract
Based on a comprehensive reading of the minutes of the Ragusan Senate, this article analyses the decision-making process in the foreign policy of the Ragusan Republic. It provides an overview of the key institutions and their interactions in articulating foreign policy. Moreover, the text outlines the fundamental political values and traditional techniques of consultation that affected the outcome of decision-making. After providing such a broad context, it reconstructs in detail the procedures behind two key foreign policy decisions: the election of diplomats and the writing of diplomatic letters and instructions. Finally, it addresses the two main problems arising from the rigidly collective nature of Ragusan decision-making – slowness and the leaking of information.
Keywords
Dubrovnik (Ragusa), diplomacy, decision-making, early modern, political history
Hrčak ID:
333139
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Publication date:
1.7.2025.
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