title: DEMOCRACY AND ITS ABUSE - MALIGNANT INFLUENCES ON SERBIA'S FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY ORIENTATION
abstract: The marginal areas of Europe can threaten the legal, economic, and democratic achievements of the European Union. Conflicts, crises, and extreme political options affect political and democratic trends in Europe. The Western Balkans' approach to European and Euro-Atlantic integration affects the EU's stability and democracy. Russia maintains the Western Balkans as a potential hotbed of crises that drain democratic resources and relativize the political achievements of the EU. A paper analyzes Ru
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