Kreiranje i ostvarivanje spoljne politike Jugoslavije
How Yugoslav Foreign Policy is Conceived and Implemented

Summary/Abstract: There are three possible approaches to an analysis of the way in which the foreign policy of Yugoslavia is conceived and implemented: 1) An account of the structure of norms and institutions determined by the Constitution as carrying these functions officially. 2) An analysis of the actual process through which foreign policy is formulated and decisions are implemented. In terms of this analysis the Presidium of the SFRY and the Federal Executive Council as well as the Federal Secretariat for Foreign Affairs exercise a dominating impact upon the content and the practice of Yugoslav foreign policy. 3) During President Tito's life his person exercised a significant influence and played an exceptional role as supreme creator of foreign policy and uncontestable arbiter of affairs in that field. At present times foreign policy is increasingly a matter of collective decision-making. Nevertheless foreign policy continues to be a domaine réservé of an arrow circle of persons with a predominating influence in certain organizations and their ruling bodies.

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