Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1515/aet-2018-0002
THREE SEAS INITIATIVE – BETWEEN ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY AND GEOPOLITICS
Ivor Altaras Penda
; Sveučilište Libertas
Abstract
The Three Seas initiative, serving as an informal political platform for 12 recently admitted full member states of the European Union, whose main objective is the realization of the substantial projects in the fields of infrastructure, energy and digitization, has, since its very inception, opened numerous economic, political and geopolitical
issues. At the same time this Initiative is the first international multilateral step of Croatian economic diplomacy, which is a kind of unexplored action model. Is it going to turn the Republic of Croatia into a recognizable subject of European economic diplomacy that creates new ties between European nations or is it going to deepen the already existing divisions within Europe, is the main subject of this paper. The author reviews the attitude whether the Republic of Croatia can, through the Three Seas Initiative, realize some, or even all, projects related to it. In addition, the author researches if this Initiative can be the source for recognizing the existing geopolitical identity of the Republic of Croatia and/or creating a new one. Additionally, this paper constructs the thesis that Croatia’s participation in this Initiative can possibly be explained by some of the choices that Croatia has made during its remote and recent past.
Keywords
the Three Seas Initiative; economic diplomacy; geopolitics; the Republic of Croatia
Hrčak ID:
201209
URI
Publication date:
1.5.2018.
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