Abstract
This contribution slightly “diverges” from the thematic scope of this volume in that it does not concentrate on a set of actors typically considered among “non-state actors” as such. Instead, the chapter casts its focus on the political parties of the national conservative, radical, and more extremist right in Croatia, identifying the factors that explain why they form an idiosyncratic party scene, especially as regards their position in the field of foreign policy. In the latter context, parties of the Croatian far right are critical of the EU and NATO but not necessarily pro-Russia – a constellation relevant to understand with a view to the East-West dimension of the inquiry in this volume.
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Petsinis, V. (2024). National Conservative, Radical, and Extremist Right-Wing Parties in Croatia: A Critical Retrospective Overview. In: Marton, P., Thomasen, G., Békés, C., Rácz, A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Non-State Actors in East-West Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05750-2_38-1
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