American policy on the Balkans: Sucessful story or a diplomatic failure?

Frosina Doninovska

doi:10.22151/politikon.21.2

Authors

Frosina Doninovska National Democratic Institute, Skopje

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.21.2

Keywords:

US, Balkans, Dayton Agreement, Yugoslavia, diplomacy

Abstract

The United States of America is a country which left a significant mark and still has a strong influence on the world political scene and the changes in the international relations especially in building the strategy of worldwide foreign policy. The paper will try to give an overview of the events that marked the 1990’s of the last century, with an accent on the breakup of Yugoslavia and the role of U.S. foreign policy in this period. The paper will especially focus on the process of the dissolution of Yugoslavia as well as the role of the United States in the Dayton Agreement and the ways of implementing the peace through the assets of diplomacy. Dayton differed from the traditional methods of negotiation in a way that included the U.S. leadership and its implementation depended on the will of the international community, especially the United States who led the efforts.

Author Biography

Frosina Doninovska, National Democratic Institute, Skopje

Frosina Doninovska, 25 is a graduate who received her Bachelor degree in Political Science at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in 2010. In 2013 she obtained her MA degree in Diplomacy and International Relations at the faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus at the department of International relations. At the moment she works at the office of the National Democratic Institute office in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia as a program assistant in the field of elections. Her interests include rule of law, integrity of the electoral and political process, democratic governance, citizen participation, etc.