National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations

Peacekeeping operations are one of the instruments for resolving crises in the world and preventing armed conflicts that threaten global peace and security. This article argues that the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces in UN missions contributed to peacekeeping in the world and produced pos...

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Main Authors: Radojević Slobodan, Blagojević Srđan
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Published: Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade 2024-01-01
Series:Srpska Politička Misao
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-5989/2024/0354-59892401141R.pdf
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description Peacekeeping operations are one of the instruments for resolving crises in the world and preventing armed conflicts that threaten global peace and security. This article argues that the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces in UN missions contributed to peacekeeping in the world and produced positive benefits for the country. Namely, the Serbian Armed Forces inherits the tradition of many years of participation in UN and EU peacekeeping operations. This article first provides an overview of the most important contributions of the Republic of Serbia to peacekeeping operations, focusing on the important role that this activity plays in the achievement of foreign policy goals, national development and international relations. This is followed by the presentation of national legislation that regulates the Serbian Armed Forces participation in peacekeeping operations. Therefore, peacekeeping operations are recognized as a type of multilateral mechanism for achieving cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the UN/EU and a contribution to building trust and the position of a reliable partner in international relations. The theory of international relations that explains such actions of states is the realism theory. In accordance with realists school of thought, state national interests for participation in peacekeeping operations are military security issues, national and strategic interests as well as economic interests, and increased credibility and power of states in international relations. Starting from the fact that global security is comprehensive and indivisible, states are even more interested in participating in peacekeeping operations and perceive it as their national interests and an element of foreign and security policy. This is the initial thesis from which the authors base their analysis presented in the paper.
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spelling doaj-art-1b1f8d442e1c49868337abfdcc16cf0b2025-01-14T11:09:25ZdeuInstitute for Political Studies, BelgradeSrpska Politička Misao0354-59892024-01-0183114116010.5937/spm83-483110354-59892401141RNational interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operationsRadojević Slobodan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6071-8151Blagojević Srđan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-4125University of Defence, Military Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Defence, Military Academy, Belgrade, SerbiaPeacekeeping operations are one of the instruments for resolving crises in the world and preventing armed conflicts that threaten global peace and security. This article argues that the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces in UN missions contributed to peacekeeping in the world and produced positive benefits for the country. Namely, the Serbian Armed Forces inherits the tradition of many years of participation in UN and EU peacekeeping operations. This article first provides an overview of the most important contributions of the Republic of Serbia to peacekeeping operations, focusing on the important role that this activity plays in the achievement of foreign policy goals, national development and international relations. This is followed by the presentation of national legislation that regulates the Serbian Armed Forces participation in peacekeeping operations. Therefore, peacekeeping operations are recognized as a type of multilateral mechanism for achieving cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the UN/EU and a contribution to building trust and the position of a reliable partner in international relations. The theory of international relations that explains such actions of states is the realism theory. In accordance with realists school of thought, state national interests for participation in peacekeeping operations are military security issues, national and strategic interests as well as economic interests, and increased credibility and power of states in international relations. Starting from the fact that global security is comprehensive and indivisible, states are even more interested in participating in peacekeeping operations and perceive it as their national interests and an element of foreign and security policy. This is the initial thesis from which the authors base their analysis presented in the paper.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-5989/2024/0354-59892401141R.pdfrepublic of serbiaserbian armed forcespeacekeeping operationsinternational relationsrealism theorynational interests
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National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations
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serbian armed forces
peacekeeping operations
international relations
realism theory
national interests
title National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations
title_full National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations
title_fullStr National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations
title_full_unstemmed National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations
title_short National interest of the Republic of Serbia for participation of Serbian Armed Forces in peacekeeping operations
title_sort national interest of the republic of serbia for participation of serbian armed forces in peacekeeping operations
topic republic of serbia
serbian armed forces
peacekeeping operations
international relations
realism theory
national interests
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