International studies, Vol. XV No. 4, 2015.
Professional paper
Key Moments of Yugoslav and Croatian Diplomacy from 1941 to 1956
Bruno Korea Gajski
; Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy
Abstract
The author strives to analyse key moments of Yugoslav and Croatian diplomacy from the attack of Axis powers on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941 to the Soviet intervention in Hungary in November 1956. Key events in diplomatic history during WWII and the first ten years of FNRJ (Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia) are presented, emphasizing the most important actors in specific diplomatic actions. Three main diplomatic currents with Croatian representatives are presented: the diplomacy of the government
in exile, partisan diplomacy and NDH diplomacy. Following WWII foreign policy of the new Yugoslavia is completely dependent on the Soviet Union, but as it becomes obvious that the Eastern Bloc is not to be managed as a society of the similar but rather as a society of the obedient, Yugoslavia is excluded from the Cominform in 1948. The post-Stalin Soviet leadership attempted to normalize the relations with Yugoslavia, firstly with the Belgrade Declaration and finally with the Moscow Declaration. This text emphasizes the importance of the international position of Yugoslavia and its relationship toward great powers. This relationship must be reviewed in the context of the entire international political scene of the Cold War. Accordingly, the purpose of this text is to stress the importance of the first ten years of new Yugoslavia, which saw nearly every event which was to influence Yugoslav socialism for decades to come and notably influence the direction and development of international relations in general.
Keywords
Yugoslav diplomacy; Josip Broz Tito; the Belgrade declaration; the Moscow declaration; Cold War; Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Hrčak ID:
181456
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Publication date:
8.2.2017.
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