Research & Scholarship

Forum Publications
& Expert Works

From inaugural memorial lecture transcripts to peer-reviewed monographs, this page collects original research published by the Foreign Policy Forum and authored by our affiliated experts — making rigorous analysis of Croatian foreign policy and international affairs accessible to policymakers, scholars, and the public.

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Inaugural
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Forum Publications

Published by the Forum

Original research, policy briefs, and lecture transcripts published directly under the Foreign Policy Forum imprint — independent, non-partisan, and freely available to download.

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Budimir Lončar Memorial Lecture SeriesLecture Transcript & EssayNo. 1 · 2026

Transformation of the International Order:
What After Unipolarity?

Ambassador Dr. Radovan Vukadinović
Prof. Dejan Jović
Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb · FPF President of the Managing Board

The first Budimir Lončar Memorial Lecture, delivered in Zagreb on 1 April 2026, examines the transformation of global order. Over recent decades, we have witnessed the ascendance of other global and regional actors, alongside a series of political, security, and economic crises that have called into question the stability of the liberal international order. Prof. Dejan Jović presented potential scenarios of the future global order: continuation of unipolarity, bipolar system and a multipolar or even non-polar world.

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14 April 2026
Expert Publications

Books by Forum Experts

Academic monographs, edited volumes, and policy books authored by FPF affiliated researchers and fellows, published through leading academic presses.

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  • Book cover: The Western Balkans Between Brussels and BeijingPalgrave Macmillan · 2025
    FPF Research Fellow

    The Western Balkans Between Brussels and Beijing: EU Enlargement and Strategic Competition

    Prof. Dr. Mladen Nakić
    Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb · FPF Senior Fellow

    A rigorous examination of how Chinese investment, Russian influence, and stalled EU enlargement have reshaped the strategic environment in the Western Balkans since 2015. Based on extensive fieldwork in six capitals, the book offers a comparative framework for understanding small-state agency within great-power competition.

    Published 2025
    ISBN 978-3-031-XXXXX-X
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  • Book cover: Croatia and the Future of European Foreign PolicyRoutledge · 2024
    FPF Research Fellow

    Croatia and the Future of European Foreign Policy: Small States, Big Stakes

    Dr. Jelena Jovanić
    Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) · FPF Research Fellow

    Drawing on elite interviews with diplomats and EU officials across five member states, this book argues that small EU member states — Croatia in particular — are disproportionately underrepresented in the CFSP machinery, and that institutional reform is necessary to reflect the post-enlargement reality of a 27-member Union with divergent regional priorities.

    Published 2024
    ISBN 978-1-032-XXXXX-X
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  • Book cover: Transatlantic Fault Lines — NATO's Eastern Flank and the Balkans After 2022Georgetown University Press · 2024
    FPF Advisory Board

    Transatlantic Fault Lines: NATO's Eastern Flank and the Balkans After 2022

    Prof. Ivo Paić
    Faculty of Political Science (FPZ), University of Zagreb · FPF Advisory Board

    A post-Ukraine-invasion reassessment of NATO's southern and eastern flanks. Prof. Paić examines how the 2022 war forced a strategic re-evaluation of alliance commitments in the Western Balkans, the recalibration of burden-sharing among newer member states, and the implications for Croatia's defence posture within NATO's integrated command structure.

    Published 2024
    ISBN 978-1-647-XXXXX-X
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