THE APPROACH OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA TOWARD THEIR COMPATRIOTS IN THE REGION AND THE DIASPORA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN POLICY AND IDENTITY STRATEGIES

This paper examines how the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Croatia, as post-Yugoslav kin-states, formulate and implement policies toward their compatriots in the region and the diaspora. The study focuses on the concepts of the “Serbian World” and the “Croatian Corpus” as identity-based, political, and institutional frameworks for cross-border national cohesion. The theoretical framewor...