Evoluții ale situației politice în Balcani: Cazul Serbiei
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BALKANS: THE CASE OF SERBIA

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the developments of the domestic political stage of Serbia during 2000-2016, analyzing the way in which these impacted the Serbian foreign policy. The article argues that the pro-european versus nationalists cleavage, which was specific to the 1990s and 2000s decreased in relevance after the reforms undertaken during the presidential terms of Boris Tadic and the adoption of a pragmatic and deliberately ambiguous by all Serbian political forces. The article identifies three crucial periods in Serbian domestic politics: 2000-2004: - the period of instability after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, 2004-2012: the presidential terms of Boris Tadic, 2012-2016: ex-nationalists come back to power - The presidential term of Tomislav Nikolic. The article concludes that the political positioning of the main Serbian parties tend to converge, while Serbia is pursuing two major foreign policy objectives which seem to be mutually exclusive: keeping Kosovo as part of Serbia and joining the European Union

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