In 1925, Yugoslavia's two great rivals, Stjepan Radić and Nikola Pašić, finally buried the hatchet and formed a government together. Then they remembered why they hated each other in the first place, and the government got nothing done.

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Recently I sat down with Aleksandar Brezar, co-host of the Sarajevo Calling podcast on politics and current affairs in the Balkans. Hope you enjoy our conversation.

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With the 1921 Constitution passed, would Yugoslav politics be able to settle down? Of course not.

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Any hopes that Yugoslavs would come together to write a consensus constitution for their newly united state were swiftly dashed. Theme Music – "Charlotte" by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0

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In November 1920, Yugoslavs chose 419 deputies to represent them in a Constituent Assembly. Their choices were quite a surprise.

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In today's episode, we rattle through the various political parties set to compete for power in the newly united Kingdom - as well as those who want to tear the whole thing down.... The Trailer for the King Peter film

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After a long delay, here at last is the new episode! Today, we discuss the early foreign policy of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the internal measures taken to make unification a reality.

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Today I talk to Dr John Paul Newman of Maynooth University about his book, Yugoslavia in the Shadow of War, and the divisions within interwar Yugoslav society that resulted from the various difference experiences of the First World War and what it meant.

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Shorter episode this week, just bringing the two remaining pieces of the Yugoslav puzzle into the fold.

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Today, we finally finish off World War I, and witness the birth of Yugoslavia. Or the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, as it was called at first.

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