title: Alignment of the Republic of Serbia with the Common Foreign, Security and Defense Policy of the EU: Obligations, Achievements, and Challenges
abstract: As an EU candidate country, Serbia has obligations to show its willingness to align with the Union's common positions and joint actions in the CFSP/CSDP, support its positions in international organizations, take part in EU military and civil missions, and impose sanctions and other restrictive EU measures. Explanatory and bilateral screening meetings between Serbia and the European Union in the area of the Common Foreign, Security and Defense Policy were held in 2014. However, the European Comm