Srpska diplomatija uoči i početkom Prvog svetskog rata
The Serbian Diplomacy before and at the Beginning of World War I

Summary/Abstract: The beginning of the twentieth century was for the Serbian people the entering into a period of difficult and uncertain struggle for liberation and unification. Wandering in the foreign policy, which had significantly weakened the international position of Serbia after the Berlin Congress, turned its policy into a sensible and pragmatic one after the throne change in 1903. Serbia started to build again close relations with Russia and France (Entente) and the other countries that would allow it to be neither economically (nor politically) exclusively related to hostile neighbors. The Balkan wars showed the Serbian military power, but some of the major powers did everything to devalue its military successes and limit its strategic penetration towards the coast. The beginning of the Great War was marked by the attempts to bring Serbia to its knees and to establish a connection between the Central Powers and Constantinople. The very cause for the war (the assassination in Sarajevo) was aimed at justifying the aggression and as much as possible isolate Serbia in the world. The beginning of the war and Serbian victory intensified the diplomatic efforts both between ally countries and between the warring parties. Serbia became an important subject of diplomatic activities and their participant.

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