Vaccine diplomacy during the COVID-19 pandemic on the example of the Republic of Serbia

The global COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in scale and scope. vaccines have not only become an indispensable weapon the fight against but also served as a sign of technological scientific prestige countries that developed them. While term "vaccine diplomacy" new, it may much more relevant times pandemic. aim this research to analyze vaccine diplomacy China, EU, Russia towards Serbia during At same time, study presents Serbia's efforts engage its own at level. novelty can be seen comparative analysis Serbia. In addition, results survey data on Serbian citizens their perceptions foreign aid received It concluded Chinese Russian medical were very well by government, government-aligned media, public. Concerning European Union, was neither significantly advertised nor public perception changed favour EU. government engaged own, strengthen ties with Yugoslavia's former allies from Non-Alignment Movement.