Jugosłowiańska koncepcja federacji bałkańskiej jako paradygmat systemu bezpieczeństwa na Bałkanach (1943-1948)
The Yugoslavian concept of a Balkan federation as a paradigm of Balkan security system (1943–1948)

Summary/Abstract: One of the elements of the security system in the Balkans, connected to the spiritual and political renaissance of Balkan nations, were the federation programs postulating the establishment of a federation state. Formulated in the 19th century, they aimed at the breaking of the Turkish rule over the Balkan Peninsula, the fulfilment of national and liberation aspirations of the states that until that time had been enslaved by Turks, and countering the domination of the powers that strove for dominion over the Balkans (Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires). The article places federation plans in the context of the construction of a security system in the Balkans, at the same time trying to answer the question about the decisive factors behind their fiasco after 1945. The Yugoslavian concept of Balkan Federation faced the greatest implementation opportunity while the new post-Yalta international order was being shaped. Moreover, attention was turned to the perspective of the revival of the federational idea in this part of Europe, as it could play a fundamental role in the establishment of the security system on the Balkan Peninsula, especially that the region is the least stable part of Europe to this day, mostly due to the unsolved Kosovo conflict.

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