Croatia's independence building: between principle and realpolitik
Journal: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)
Year: 2012

The relationship between "realpolitik" and "principle" in the context of Croatia gaining its national independence (after Yugoslavia's disintegration) is examined at two fundamental levels.The first pertains to the exceptionally complex problem of the character of international relations and the conduct of the international community with regard to the geopolitical fragmentation of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.The second level peripherally touches upon the predisposition of Croatian intellectua