Srbija: demokratizacija, spoljni pritisak i NATO
Democratization, External Pressure, and NATO

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author investigates the subject of external circumstances and pressures on Serbia on its journey to fully develop a contemporary model of democracy. A critical evaluation of the Western generated mantra that Sebia must become part of Euro-Atlantic architecture is derived from the arbitrary determinations of democracy, the value judgements of the distinction between liberal and illiberal democracy and the examination of historical „waves“ of democratization. The author further argues that the primary instruments of democratization in the recent past had been American military resources and that it was officaly made clear that the goal of NATO is to to expand into Central and Eastern Europe. The cost for Serbia to join NATO would not be only a risky financial excersise, but is meaningless from the standpoint of security and Serbia’s national interests as well.

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