Serbia: at a geopolitical crossroad

From 15th to 16th of March 2022 a group of young experts from the region in cooperation with a team of the Austrian based think tanks International Institute for Peace, the Karl-Renner-Institut, the Austrian Institute for International Affairs and the Serbian based think tank Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, went to a study trip to Belgrade to meet diplomats, politicians and civil society representatives in order to assess the current political and societal situation.

The rise of authoritarianism and corruption in the country and Serbia’s reluctance to openly take sides against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, make Serbia moving further and further away from the European trajectory. The presidential elections of April 2022 has been a missed opportunity to change the course of history and put an end to the authoritarian and undemocratic decade of Aleksandar Vucic.