This issue of zeitgeschichte off ers a comprehensive survey of aspects of Yugoslav foreign
policy during Cold War détente. Due to its geostrategic location on the Balkan peninsula
Yugoslavia became an important focus for the U.S.S.R. and the United States during the
East-West confl ict. After the break with Stalin in 1948 the Yugoslav leader Tito sought to
position Yugoslavia as a non-aligned state on the international level and played a hegemonic
role in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The articles analyze Yugoslav policy in the 1960s and
1970s examining its intentions its developments its strategic advantages and its limits in
the context of (geo-)political economic and cultural circumstances with a focus on
non-alignment as a leitmotiv of Yugoslav political ambitions political and economic relations
between Yugoslavia and countries of the NAM the role of the Balkans in U.S. Cold War policy
and aspects of Yugoslav labor migration.
