Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned World

372 Pages·1970·7.92 MB·English

by  Alvin Z. Rubinstein

Yugoslavia and the Nonaligned World

YUGOSLAVIA
AND THE
NONALIGNED WORLD
By
Alvin Z. Rubinstein
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
1970
Fairmont College Librarv
Copyright © 1970 by Princeton University Press
Library of Congress Card Number: 78-90959
Standard Book Number: 691-05180-1
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Chapter 8 is an expanded version of the author’s
article appearing in the Fall 1968 issue of Or bis,
copyright © 1968 by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
This book has been composed in Linotype Baskerville
Printed in the United States of America
by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
To our friends in Yugoslavia
in gratitude for the warmth
with which they opened their hearts and country
and in the hope that they may prevail
in their search for a more just society
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Contents
Preface
chapter I
The Uncertain Years, 1948-1952 3
Leadership Strains 6
The Turn from Moscow 9
Yugoslav “Discovery” of the United Nations 15
Policy Options: 1949 21
Early Interactions with Developing Countries 24
The Impact of the Korean War 27
1. The Yugoslav Position 28
2. Anxiety over Soviet Intentions 29
3. Changed Perceptions of Newly Independent
Colonial Countries 32
The End of the Cominform Threat: Observations 36
CHAPTER 11
Between Unalignment and Nonalignment 39
The Asian Socialist Conference 40
Links to Afro-Asia 43
1. Ethiopia 43
2. Burma 45
3
- India 47
The Genesis of Yugoslav Credibility in the
Third World AQ
Tito in South Asia ^
1. India 53
2. Burma ^
3. Impact 60
The Bandung Illusion 62
The Resolution of a Dilemma 64
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER III
In the Vanguard of Non alignment 75
Yugoslav Objectives 77
Linkages 80
1. Common Aspirations 81
2. Anti-Colonialism 84
3. Exchanges of Visits 92
4. Summitry and Conference Diplomacy 103
5. The Belgrade Conference 106
The Contributions of Tito 112
Tito and Nehru: An Evaluation 114
CHAPTER IV
Yugoslav Diplomacy at the United Nations:
The Political Dimension 119
The Meaning of 1948 119
Decolonization 122
Codifying Constraints on the Great Powers 128
Peacekeeping 138
1. Korea 140
2. The Middle East 142
3. Congo 145
4. Lebanon 147
5. Observations 150
Housekeeping Problems 151
1. Membership 151
2. The Secretariat and the Secretary-General 153
The Human Factor: Yugoslav Diplomats 155
Observations 157
chapter v
Yugoslavia and International Economic
Cooperation: Focus on the U.N. 159
The SUNFED Idea 160
The Politics of SUNFED 163
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CONTENTS
Broadening Developmental Perspectives 167
Prelude to UNCTAD 17°
Belgrade’s Role at the First UNCTAD Conference 173
Observations 17®
CHAPTER VI
Influencebuilding in the Third World 184
Diplomatic Instruments 185
Political-Organizational Links 187
1. The League of Yugoslav Communists (LYC) 187
2. Governmental Delegations 189
3. The Socialist Alliance (SAWPY) 190
4. Yugoslav Trade Union Federation 193
5. On Utility 194
The Yugoslav Model 195
1. State-building 195
a. The One-Party System 197
b. The Commune 201
c. Multinational Federalism 202
2. Building Socialism 204
3. Observations 208
The Economics of Influencebuilding 209
1. Trade 209
2. Credits 211
3. Technical Assistance 212
4. Joint Ventures 216
5. Domestic Dissonances 219
6. Disappointments and Pitfalls 222
The Limits of Influencebuilding 226
CHAPTER VII
Yugoslavia and the United Arab Republic:
A Study of the Evolution of Interdependence 229
Early Contacts 230
The July 1952 Revolution 23!
Coalescing Interests 234
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