Three Centuries of Russian Influence in the Balkans

Matthew Crosston is Director for Academic Transformation at Bowie State University. His research interests are on Russian studies, terrorism and violent extremism, global and cyber security. His main publications are Shadow Separatism: Implications for Democratic Consolidation (2004) and Russia Reconsidered: Putin, Power, and Pragmatism (2018).Mihaela Teodor is Senior Researcher in security studies and intelligence at the Romanian National Institute for Intelligence Studies and Editor-in-Chief of Romanian Intelligence Studies Review. Her academic interests include the history of propaganda and disinformation. She is coeditor of the volume Old and New Insights on the History of Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Balkans (Peter Lang, 2023).Jordan Baev is a visiting professor in Intelligence History at Sofia University. Professor Baev has written more than 300 publications on diplomatic, military and intelligence history, international terrorism, peacekeeping, and civil-military relations. His most recent books are History of Bulgarian Military Intelligence (2019) and American Intelligence and Bulgaria (2021).Bogdan Teodor is Associate Professor in security studies and intelligence studies at the Romanian National Intelligence Academy. His academic interests include the history of intelligence, hybrid threats and security studies. He is coeditor of the volume Old and New Insights on the History of Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Balkans (Peter Lang, 2023).

• List of Figures - List of Acronyms and Abbreviations - Introduction: The Slavic Brotherhood and Pan-Slavism: What You See Depends on Where You Sit - Part I: The Russian Presence in the Balkans: Domains, Trends and Methods - 1. Diverse Diplomacy: The Strengthening of Russian Influence in the Balkans (1820s–1830s), Katalin Schrek - 2. Russia’s Shifting Dynamic Between Bulgaria and Serbia, Miloš Petrović - 3. Russian Foreign Policy and Military Presence in Crete, 1897–1906, Georgios Limantzakis - 4. A Shifting Coalition or Convenient Compromise: Romania and Russia in World War I, Hadrian Gorun - Part II: Russia’s Great Competitors in the Balkans - 5. Tito and Anglo-Soviet Competition in the Balkans: Yugoslav Territorial Ambitions in Venezia Giulia, Chris Murray - 6. Propaganda Competition in the Middle of Chaos: Russian and Austrian Narratives via Croatian News (1914–1920), Adrijan Štivić - 7. A Waning and Waxing Stage: The Balkans as Performing Ground for Franco-Russian Relations, Kateřina Kočí and Marcela Hennlichová - 8. Junior or Equal Partner? Chinese and Russian Engagement in the Balkans, Ion Marandici - Part III: Serbia as a Case Study for Russian Influence in the Balkans - 9. Moving Away from the Kremlin Winds: Serbia as Critical Case Study on Russian Influence in the Balkans, Ana Jović-Lazić - 10. A Complex Triangulation: Soviet–Yugoslav–Albanian Economic Relations (1945–1948), Božica Slavković Mirić - 11. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Influence of Soviet and Yugoslav Intelligence Officers on Russian Émigrés in Yugoslavia (1944–1956), Željko Oset - 12. Soviet-ish: The Unique History of Yugoslav Revisionism (1956–1961), József Juhász and Bálint Mezei - Notes on Editors and Contributors - Index