Original scientific paper
Delimitation of Frontiers – Role of Slovenian Politicians and Diplomats
Božo Repe
; Filozofska fakulteta Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Abstract
Irrespective of the fact that for a larger period of its emergence the Slovenian nation belonged to the so-called “non-historical nation”, a derogatory term for nations without their own State during great and colonial empires, the Slovenian diplomatic history is evidently modest and not easily separable from “common” politics. In other words, in its earlier period it was in fact difficult to make any distinction between “internal” and “external” politics at any rate. Modest diplomatic tradition is also manifested in independent Slovenia. There are merely rare and unintentional publications of diplomatic documentation, including documents about the establishment of the independent State (the translation of the Lunéville Peace Treaty, concluded on 9 February 1801, which refers to Venice and thus Venetian Slovenes is admittedly considered the first diplomatic document published in the Slovenian territory). There is a shortage of reviews or journals with systematic analyses of diplomatic issues, historical diplomacy is practically non-existent and finally, regardless of a decade and a half old policy of establishing a university in virtually any settlement, Slovenia has not established its Diplomatic Academy yet.
Keywords
Slovenia; diplomatic history; distinction between “internal” and “external” politics
Hrčak ID:
35555
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2008.
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