Original scientific paper
GENERAL STRATEGIC ORIENTATION AND VIABLE OPTIONS OF POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL ELITES IN SERBIA
Josip Županov
; HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Following the military defeat of the secular strategic orientation (Drang nach Westen) in Croatia of Serbian political and intellectual elite, a question arises: which are the feasible strategic options of Serbian nationalist elites? Theoretically, three options are possible: (1) radical strategic reorientation: giving up entirely on the existing orientation and setting up new strategic priorities; (2) a respite and mustering strength for a new round (a reprise of the tactical variant of 1991); (3) hatching a novel, long-term tactical variation which would enable the achievement of strategic objectives step by step, by “peaceful means”. The author finds the third option most viable, though there are no hints that such a choice has actually been made. However, supposing this option might eventually be acted upon, the author goes on to envisage the quandaries and dilemmas which political and intellectual elites in Serbia might be faced with.
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Hrčak ID:
105728
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Publication date:
18.6.1997.
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