International Position of Montenegro throughout History and its International Policy from the Aspect of Relations bet ween the Great and the Small Cover Image

Међuнародни положај Црне Горе кроз историју и њена међународна политика с аспекта односа великих и малих
International Position of Montenegro throughout History and its International Policy from the Aspect of Relations bet ween the Great and the Small

Author(s): Zoran Lakić
Subject(s): History
Published by: Историјски институт Црне Горe
Keywords: Montenegro; great powers; small countries; tradition; foreign policy

Summary/Abstract: The author deals with the international position of Montenegro throughout history, and particularly from the aspect of the relation of great powers towards small countries. He takes wider global relations, preferred by great powers, and partial, particular and specific relations, insisted on by small countries as his starting point. Precisely due to a different approach to the same problem that the both have, the author seeks more to open interesting questions in this portrayal of the complex Међународни положај Црне Горе кроз историју и њена ... 277 relations, than provide answers to them. Such approach is also a methodological innovation which we do not encounter in the existing literature dealing with the same issue. For instance, he looks into the extent to which historical experience of the past years, and even centuries, is contained in the criteria of current foreign policy, and whether the adopted solutions reflect or annul the years and centuries of tradition of those relations. Finally, he explores the motives behind the twists in foreign policies of small countries, if there were any throughout history. He concludes that a dialogue between science and politics is mutually beneficial. History cannot be changed, but it can be interpreted in a better way.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 271-278
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Serbian