In the process of shaping a new multipolar world, many countries – including Serbia – will find themselves constantly in a position to reconsider their relations with the major powers. On the practical front, issues of Serbia’s high exposure to Chinese debt, security challenges posed by new technologies, compliance with environmental standards, labour rights and investments all remain high on the agenda
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France, Hungary and Serbia, as well as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s previous visit to China, prompted numerous responses in the public and in the media of the U.S. and Europe, including the Western Balkans. In our talks with several experts, we’ve attempted to scrutinise the complexity of these relations on the security, economic and political fronts, as well as they ways they reflect on foreign policy relations between China, Russia and Serbia.