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  • Motivi Jugoslavensko-Bugarskog povezivanja potkraj 2. svjetskog rata i u poraću
    Ivašković, Igor
    This article aims to present the motives of the geopolitical restructuring of South-East Europe at the end of World War II with an emphasis on relations between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. In this ... context, the author first identifies the interwar interests of four involved parties, namely: the Yugoslav and Bulgarian communist leaderships,and the political representatives of the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. In the second part, the author describes the development of the idea of Yugoslav-Bulgarianintegration after the War,first during the period of rapprochement between two communist parties, and then in the period of the Cominform crisis and the dramatic turnaround in their relations. Besides different macro- -geopolitical visions, the author also identifies significant differences in motives at the micro-geopoliticallevel. Contrary to the proclaimed idea of the 'South Slavic Brotherhood',the Communist Party of Yugoslavia perceived the idea foremost as a maneuvering tool in its relations with the UK and the Soviets, while the Bulgarian Communist Party used the (con)federal idea for pursuing multi-layered interests. It was primarily a part of the strategy for resolving the Macedonian question, but the alliance with Yugoslaviawas also a tool for protecting Bulgarian territories in the relations with Greece, and consequently leverage for strengthening the internal position of Bulgarian communists in the post-war consolidation process.
    Source: Društvena istraživanja : časopis za opća društvena pitanja = journal for general social issues. - ISSN 1330-0288 (Vol. 31, iss. 3, 2022, str. 517-536)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2022
    Language - croatian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 124099331

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