Serbia’s Strategic Ambiguity as a Governing Strategy: EU Accession, Russia, and China
Journal: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Year: 2026

Strategic ambiguity is often seen as a short-term adjustment by smaller states facing great-power rivalry. In Serbia, however, it has evolved into a stable governing strategy within the framework of European Union accession. Drawing on hedging, omnibalancing, and ontological security, this article explains how foreign policy choices are shaped by concerns about regime stability, asymmetric economic dependence, and competing identity narratives. Based on a qualitative case study combining content