Russia’s perception of Serbian neutrality
Russia’s perception of Serbian neutrality

Author(s): Žarko Petrović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: ISAC - Centar za međunarodne i bezbednosne poslove
Keywords: international relations; neutrality; Serbia; Russia
Summary/Abstract: Russia looks differently at neutral states in the post-Soviet space and at the neutrality of Serbia. States in the post-Soviet area have understood one of NATO’s messages, that Jiří Kyrian reduced to the maxim “neutrality cannot be an excuse for noncooperation” in his presentation at the conference, and they behave in accordance with this position. For example, Turkmenistan is not a member, but actively participates in bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States, such as the Cooperation Council for Border Policy. Moldova is a CIS member state, and Ukraine is an associate member, therefore the neutrality of these states is balanced in a manner that does not mean their isolation from the fundamental trends pertaining to security in their regions. Namely, post-Soviet states cooperate with Russia as the dominant factor of security in the region.

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