THE ISSUE OF SUSTAINABILITY OF SMALL STATES IN THE ERA OF ADJUSTMENTOF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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https://doi.org/10.46763/SCGW25112g223tAbstract
This article is aimed at understanding the foreign policy actions of small states in contemporary international relations in the context of internal political, economic and institutional circumstances. The aim is to answer the research question: To what extent do internal political circumstances, economic strength and institutional functionality influence the effective foreign policy actions of small states. The intermediate goal is to establish the sustainability of small states in current international relations through the analysis of foreign policy effectiveness and internal functionality, placing them at the level of variables, and then to provide guidelines and recommendations for creating substantial sustainability for this group of countries. The case study will be conducted on the examples of Serbia and North Macedonia, as compatible countries for comparison, taking into account their similarities and differences. In a theoretical sense, based on neoclassical realism, the paper will present the overlap of dependent, independent and mediating variables in understanding the functioning of small states.
Keywords: small states, international relations, sustainability, foreign policy, internal functionality, economics, institutions, Serbia, North Macedonia.
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