Why Does Serbia Contribute In World War One?

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The reason Serbia is not one of the leading countries in the world and not considered a very “powerful” country is because Serbia has not accepted that Kosovo as a country. The explanation of why Serbia has not acknowledged Kosovo is very complicated and an interesting topic to explore, which shows its roots in World War 1 and has been a hot topic since 1999. If Serbia wishes to gain power and the respect of other countries, it should simply declare Kosovo a country, join the European Union, and accept the alliance with NATO.
Serbia’s government consists of an executive(president), named Tomislav Nikolić, who holds very little power as well as a parliament that consists of 250 members of parliament who are directly elected by the public. Opštini, or the local government communes. The local communes have representatives and have an approximate 45,000 people in them(Poulson-Britannica). Russia has a similar federal system to Serbia, therefore the two countries feel that they are connected. Russia and Serbia also have a very similar majority religion; the Russian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church. For these reasons Russia and Serbia have a strong bond to one another. Serbia has had a strong diplomatic alliance for 178 years with Russia. They have supported each other countless times, most notably Russia protecting Serbia from Austria in the short time before the war. The reason for …show more content…

The causes of the economy going up would be the free movement of people into and out of Serbia, free trade and no tariffs, and more trade in between the internal countries in the EU. The collective security, and peace will also give it the protection against Russia which will inevitably feel betrayed and will take some course of action whether it be a cut off of trade, more tariffs, or even possibly sanctions. Serbia should also join the membership of NATO to further their international

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