Open AccessCROATIAN FOREIGN POLICY: A SYSTEMIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Author(s) -
Amer Kurtovic,
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Sanel Safic,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
društveni ogledi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2303-6281
pISSN - 2303-5706
DOI - 10.14706/doi21423
Subject(s) - croatian , montenegro , accession , foreign policy , foreign policy analysis , political science , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , regional science , economy , european union , sociology , business , politics , economics , international trade , law , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm
This paper systemically analyzes the scholarly literature on Croatian foreign policy in general and in specific towards its eastern neighbors – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia – and categorizes them according to the selected theoretical framework, data collection, and data analysis methods used, and results generated. There are five discernible streams of academic study and scholarly analysis of Croatian foreign policy: those leveraging a) traditional theoretical frameworks and those leveraging b) less traditional theoretical frameworks, both usually taking a macro-approach, those focusing on c) the policy process and the shift of power from the head of state to the head of government, d) those thematizing Croatia’s bilateral relations with individual Western Balkans states as a niche foreign policy, and e) prospective-orientated studies seeking to map a future course for Croatian foreign policy, post-EU accession. The findings point to a noticeable lack of constructivist and especially discursive studies analyzing Croatian foreign policy, generally and specifically toward its eastern neighbors.