Relations between the United States and Serbia: Asymmetric Confrontation and Relation

Janković, Slobodan (2019) Relations between the United States and Serbia: Asymmetric Confrontation and Relation. In: The Relations of Central European Countries with the United States. National University of Public Service Press, Dialog Campus, Budapest, pp. 135-156. ISBN 978-963-531-086-9

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Abstract

The U.S. and Serbia are highly asymmetrical in size, in international position and in their respective roles. In the period of 1989–2017, Serbia existed in the framework of four different countries. It was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – SFRY (1989–1991), then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – FRY (1992–2003), afterwards Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006), and finally the Republic of Serbia (reestablished its nationhood in June 2006). During these times, it suffered changes in size and in political position. Despite several setbacks due to the role of the U.S. in the Balkans, the U.S. and Serbia had a significant level of cooperation in the examined period, in particular in the security sector. However, most of the determinants shaping these relationships are not of a bilateral nature. Serbia at the beginning of the 1990s was designated as a ‘bad guy’ in the Balkans. It wanted to keep Yugoslavia together, and safeguard the interests of the Serbs and Serbia in the Yugoslav framework. Clearly, the changes in the status of Serbia, its political elite and the policies it pursued, along with the different accentuation of the European and Middle Eastern policies of the U.S. gave different results.

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