{"id":1182,"date":"2025-03-27T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/tanja-fajon-zunanjepoliticni-izzivi-slovenije\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:26:04","slug":"tanja-fajon-zunanjepoliticni-izzivi-slovenije","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/tanja-fajon-zunanjepoliticni-izzivi-slovenije\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanja Fajon: Slovenia&#8217;s Foreign Policy \u2013 New Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tanja Fajon: Slovenia&#8217;s Foreign Policy \u2013 New Challenges<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>27 March 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Video available on YouTube (in Slovenian): <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6UiudrSjF_k?si=QjHnkt4PlM8LyH6J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/6UiudrSjF_k?si=QjHnkt4PlM8LyH6J<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SDMO - Zunanjepoliti\u010dni izzivi RS (Tanja Fajon)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6UiudrSjF_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening Remarks<\/strong><br \/>\nSlovenia&#8217;s Foreign Policy \u2013 New Challenges (guest Tanja Fajon, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs)<\/p>\n<p>Amb Marjan \u0160etinc<br \/>\n27 March 2025<\/p>\n<p>The guest of the Slovenian Society for International Relations was the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Ms. Tanja Fajon, who, despite a tight schedule (traveling from Manila to Bangkok, New Delhi, and just yesterday to Carinthia), found time to discuss Slovenia\u2019s foreign policy challenges and those of the broader EU. Changes in international relations are occurring faster than ever before and so setting challenges for both the EU and Slovenia.<\/p>\n<p>The wars in Ukraine and Palestine have significantly influenced global relations in recent years. Wars, especially the two world wars, have always brought about unpredictable and groundbreaking changes. For example, many people just a few decades ago believed that Yugoslavia was a permanent entity.<\/p>\n<p>The post-war order, the establishment of the UN and its affiliated organizations, the Bretton Woods financial institutions, and other multilateral organizations for peaceful and negotiated international relations are under strain. The commitments made by the most powerful countries within these organizations often remain mere words on paper.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, we spoke with the Minister at the Club of Former Ambassadors of Slovenia, focusing primarily on Gaza and the impossible situation\u2014the genocide carried out by Israel. At that time, the Minister had just returned from visits to several Middle Eastern countries. For a long time, it has been clear that decisions on Gaza and Palestine are made in Washington. Even under President Joe Biden and his predecessors, the situation remained unchanged, with arms shipments flowing uninterrupted to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>With Donald Trump, this reality became even more apparent. His actions began to reshape the world as we knew and understood it in the past years.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Abraham Accords\u2014trading Western Sahara for Morocco\u2019s recognition of Israel, removing Sudan from the U.S. list of terrorist states in exchange for recognizing Israel, declaring the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, and recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital\u2014are just a few examples. Not to mention the imposition of tariffs on German cars, French wine, and Chinese products. The Biden administration inherited and reinforced these deals, effectively endorsing territorial acquisitions despite UN resolutions and international law. The same applies to France being pushed out of a deal by the US to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has continued its longstanding policy of aggressive interventions worldwide, from coups in South and Central America to wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and beyond. The U.S. is reshaping the world. Last week,\u00a0The Economist\u00a0wrote about a &#8220;New American Foreign Policy&#8221;, is it really new? Certainly not. This policy is not different from the past; however, it is now being pursued more rapidly and aggressively, with overt territorial ambitions and tariff blackmail.<\/p>\n<p>The whole world is adapting to this new reality, reconsidering alliances, and seeking ways to protect its interests. While it was evident that the Ukraine crisis would primarily be resolved between the U.S. and Russia, Europe was caught unprepared. Perhaps it underestimated Trump\u2019s statements, in which he predicted and, in his way, initiated a resolution process. Now, Europe realizes that U.S. actions are leaving it sidelined. It appears that Europe is making panicked moves out of fear and perhaps guilt for the situation, seeing militarization as a solution.<br \/>\nSome European political elites believe that they can preserve Europe\u2019s prosperity through militarization, convinced that Russian imperialism\/greed could extend to the Atlantic.<br \/>\nHow is Slovenia adapting or preparing for these challenges? The situation in Ukraine is evolving, and many are arguably unhappy with the prospect of a new alliance between the U.S. and Russia. The U.S. has already agreed to lift sanctions on the export of Russian fertilizers. Will Slovenia wait\u2014perhaps for the EU\u2019s reactions and measures, which are becoming more and more clear? How does all this affect Slovenia\u2019s foreign policy priorities, and what are our alternatives? Undoubtedly, these topics should be discussed in government circles? <\/p>\n<p>Minister Tanja Fajon in her talk tackled these questions and concerns!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27. marec 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-panel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdmo-drustvo.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}