A Field Study of Refugees in Serbia: Implications for Serbian Domestic and Foreign Policy (Research Brief)

This research has focused principally, though not exclusively, on the following questions:

1. To what extent do refugees harbor strong nationalistic sentiments?

2. To what degree do refugees support political parties or movements which are opposed to the perceived policies and ideologies of the United States and the West?

3. In particular, how do refugees regard the United States and the associated concepts of democracy and free markets?

4. How have reported economic, social, and political conditions in their native regions influenced refugees' plans for repatriation and their attitudes toward other ethnic groups?

5. To what extent are the ideological and political views of refugees representative of those of other Serbs?

6. To what degree have the Serbian media influenced the opinions of those who participated in this study?

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Andrei Simic, of the University of Southern California, was a 2007-08 Short-Term Travel Grants (STG) fellow.