Pritisk sankcij: izzivi vključevanja v EU na primeru Srbije

This thesis deals with new developments of the EU integration of Serbia after Russian fully-fledged invasion against Ukraine on 24th February 2022. It attempts to analyse the contextual setting and efficiency of sanctions pressuring of the EU directed at Serbia. The key leading question regards reasons why Serbia did not decide to join the sanctions against Russia and align with the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Empirical analysis addresses recent history of the EU-Serbian-Russian relations, scope of sanctions pressuring and its limitations from the EU’s perspective as well as comparative study of conditionality in cases sensitive to national identity with regard to cost-benefit analysis and credibility of conditions. This study is based on empirical research and 22 interviews conducted during fieldworks in Belgrade (March-April 2023) and Brussels (May 2023) involving perspectives of NGOs, experts and academics, representatives of governmental and EU institutions.