IR TALKS 7 – Russia’s “hybrid” engagement in the Western Balkans: The cases of Serbia and Montenegro
Date: 15 May 2025 17:30-19:00
Location: Corvinus University of Budapest, building C, 102
Language of the event: English
In light of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s ‘hybrid’ engagement in the Western Balkans intensified and has become more systematic. Of particular interest is Russia’s ‘hybrid’ engagement within the post-Yugoslav space, especially in states and societies such as Serbia and Montenegro. Inside these two contexts, this ‘hybrid’ engagement is multifaceted and involves the participation of domestic actors as diverse as the local media-sphere and the clergy. How, and to what extent, do disinformation campaigns, emanating from Russia, become mainstreamed, via the local media, in Serbia and Montenegro? What is the role of the Serbian Orthodox Church? How does Russia’s ‘hybrid’ engagement combine with nationalism and other identity politics in these two societies?
In our next IR TALKS session, we will try to answer these questions with the following participants:
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Vladimir Đorđević, Department of Security Studies, Police Academy of the Czech Republic, Prague
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Péter Marton, Department of International Relations, Corvinus University of Budapest
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Dorka Kornélia Takácsy, Corvinus University of Budapest
Moderator: Vassilis Petsinis, Department of International Relations, Corvinus University of Budapest
IR TALKS is a series of guest and roundtable talks organised by the Department of International Relations at Corvinus University to make sense of the world we live in at a time of turbulent international politics.