Bogdan Teodor has a PhD in history in 2011 from ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iași, Romania, as well as an MA in European and security studies and a BA in contemporary history from the same university. Currently he is an associate professor in intelligence history and security studies at ‘Mihai Viteazul’ National Intelligence Academy, Romania.Jordan Baev has a PhD in contemporary history from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1982). In 1996 he was elected Associate Professor in Security Studies, in 2013 Full Professor in International History at Rakovski National Defense College, and since 2019 he is a visiting professor in Intelligence History at Sofia University. He has written more than 300 publications in fourteen languages, published in 25 countries, on diplomatic, military and intelligence history.Matthew Crosston has a PhD from Brown University and an MA from the University of London. Currently he is Director of Academic Transformation at Bowie State University. He is widely published and sought after on issues of war, intelligence studies, national security, education innovation, and change leadership.Mihaela Teodor has a PhD in history in 2011 from ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iași, Romania, as well as an MA in European and security studies and a BA in history and French language from the same university. She is Senior Researcher in the security studies domain at the National Intelligence Institute, ANIMV ‘Mihai Viteazul’ National Intelligence Academy, Romania.

“A volume of notable originality, both in respect of its disciplinary contribution to the history of intelligence and diplomacy, but also in its geographical focus. As is demonstrated admirably in this collection of papers, the Balkans have been down the centuries and remain an area of competing strategic interests.”—Dennis Deletant, Emeritus Professor, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

• List of Figures – List of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Introduction: Intelligence and Diplomacy from a Regional Perspective – Maja PERIĆ: The Venetian Dragomans of Zara. A Proposal for Research of Diplomatic Sources from the State Archives of Zadar – Sabira STÅHLBERG: Sipping Coffee with the Enemy: Otto Von Essen in Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bulgaria (1829–1830) – Abdurrahman İÇYER: Between (Trans)National and Imperial Perception: A Biographical Study of Stojan Novaković – Tomasz Jacek LIS: Agents of the Hotel Lambert in the Balkans in the 1830s and 1840s – Danilo BOSNIĆ/Djordje MILIĆ: Jovan Dučić: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s First Ambassador – Božica Slavković MIRIĆ: Yugoslav Diplomats in Albania, 1945–1948: Josip Djerdja – Tsvetelina TSVETKOVA: The ‘Shades’ of the Bulgarian- Turkish Cooperation (1919–1923): Informal Diplomacy and Revolutionary Activities – Bisser PETROV: The Special Operations Executive in Albania: A Bitter Aftermath – Milan SOVILJ: Balkan States’ Development Immediately after World War II: Through the Eyes of Czechoslovak Diplomats – Franziska Anna ZAUGG/Samantha GUZMAN: Warm Friendship in the Cold War? The Development of Diplomatic Relations between Switzerland and Albania since 1970 – Krasimira TODOROVA: "Weapons for the Republic of Macedonia": Intelligence at the Center of a War between State Institutions – Petya PAVLOVA: Bulgarian Turks Influencing Bulgarian-Turkish Relations (1989–1990) – Notes on Contributors – Index.

Bogdan Teodor has a PhD in history in 2011 from ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iași, Romania, as well as an MA in European and security studies and a BA in contemporary history from the same university. Currently he is an associate professor in intelligence history and security studies at ‘Mihai Viteazul’ National Intelligence Academy, Romania.Jordan Baev has a PhD in contemporary history from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1982). In 1996 he was elected Associate Professor in Security Studies, in 2013 Full Professor in International History at Rakovski National Defense College, and since 2019 he is a visiting professor in Intelligence History at Sofia University. He has written more than 300 publications in fourteen languages, published in 25 countries, on diplomatic, military and intelligence history.Matthew Crosston has a PhD from Brown University and an MA from the University of London. Currently he is Director of Academic Transformation at Bowie State University. He is widely published and sought after on issues of war, intelligence studies, national security, education innovation, and change leadership.Mihaela Teodor has a PhD in history in 2011 from ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iași, Romania, as well as an MA in European and security studies and a BA in history and French language from the same university. She is Senior Researcher in the security studies domain at the National Intelligence Institute, ANIMV ‘Mihai Viteazul’ National Intelligence Academy, Romania.

“A volume of notable originality, both in respect of its disciplinary contribution to the history of intelligence and diplomacy, but also in its geographical focus. As is demonstrated admirably in this collection of papers, the Balkans have been down the centuries and remain an area of competing strategic interests.”—Dennis Deletant, Emeritus Professor, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

• List of Figures – List of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Introduction: Intelligence and Diplomacy from a Regional Perspective – Maja PERIĆ: The Venetian Dragomans of Zara. A Proposal for Research of Diplomatic Sources from the State Archives of Zadar – Sabira STÅHLBERG: Sipping Coffee with the Enemy: Otto Von Essen in Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bulgaria (1829–1830) – Abdurrahman İÇYER: Between (Trans)National and Imperial Perception: A Biographical Study of Stojan Novaković – Tomasz Jacek LIS: Agents of the Hotel Lambert in the Balkans in the 1830s and 1840s – Danilo BOSNIĆ/Djordje MILIĆ: Jovan Dučić: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s First Ambassador – Božica Slavković MIRIĆ: Yugoslav Diplomats in Albania, 1945–1948: Josip Djerdja – Tsvetelina TSVETKOVA: The ‘Shades’ of the Bulgarian- Turkish Cooperation (1919–1923): Informal Diplomacy and Revolutionary Activities – Bisser PETROV: The Special Operations Executive in Albania: A Bitter Aftermath – Milan SOVILJ: Balkan States’ Development Immediately after World War II: Through the Eyes of Czechoslovak Diplomats – Franziska Anna ZAUGG/Samantha GUZMAN: Warm Friendship in the Cold War? The Development of Diplomatic Relations between Switzerland and Albania since 1970 – Krasimira TODOROVA: "Weapons for the Republic of Macedonia": Intelligence at the Center of a War between State Institutions – Petya PAVLOVA: Bulgarian Turks Influencing Bulgarian-Turkish Relations (1989–1990) – Notes on Contributors – Index.

Bogdan Teodor has a PhD in history in 2011 from ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iași, Romania, as well as an MA in European and security studies and a BA in contemporary history from the same university. Currently he is an associate professor in intelligence history and security studies at ‘Mihai Viteazul’ National Intelligence Academy, Romania.Jordan Baev has a PhD in contemporary history from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1982). In 1996 he was elected Associate Professor in Security Studies, in 2013 Full Professor in International History at Rakovski National Defense College, and since 2019 he is a visiting professor in Intelligence History at Sofia University. He has written more than 300 publications in fourteen languages, published in 25 countries, on diplomatic, military and intelligence history.Matthew Crosston has a PhD from Brown University and an MA from the University of London. Currently he is Director of Academic Transformation at Bowie State University. He is widely published and sought after on issues of war, intelligence studies, national security, education innovation, and change leadership.Mihaela Teodor has a PhD in history in 2011 from ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iași, Romania, as well as an MA in European and security studies and a BA in history and French language from the same university. She is Senior Researcher in the security studies domain at the National Intelligence Institute, ANIMV ‘Mihai Viteazul’ National Intelligence Academy, Romania.

“A volume of notable originality, both in respect of its disciplinary contribution to the history of intelligence and diplomacy, but also in its geographical focus. As is demonstrated admirably in this collection of papers, the Balkans have been down the centuries and remain an area of competing strategic interests.”—Dennis Deletant, Emeritus Professor, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

• List of Figures – List of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Introduction: Intelligence and Diplomacy from a Regional Perspective – Maja PERIĆ: The Venetian Dragomans of Zara. A Proposal for Research of Diplomatic Sources from the State Archives of Zadar – Sabira STÅHLBERG: Sipping Coffee with the Enemy: Otto Von Essen in Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bulgaria (1829–1830) – Abdurrahman İÇYER: Between (Trans)National and Imperial Perception: A Biographical Study of Stojan Novaković – Tomasz Jacek LIS: Agents of the Hotel Lambert in the Balkans in the 1830s and 1840s – Danilo BOSNIĆ/Djordje MILIĆ: Jovan Dučić: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia’s First Ambassador – Božica Slavković MIRIĆ: Yugoslav Diplomats in Albania, 1945–1948: Josip Djerdja – Tsvetelina TSVETKOVA: The ‘Shades’ of the Bulgarian- Turkish Cooperation (1919–1923): Informal Diplomacy and Revolutionary Activities – Bisser PETROV: The Special Operations Executive in Albania: A Bitter Aftermath – Milan SOVILJ: Balkan States’ Development Immediately after World War II: Through the Eyes of Czechoslovak Diplomats – Franziska Anna ZAUGG/Samantha GUZMAN: Warm Friendship in the Cold War? The Development of Diplomatic Relations between Switzerland and Albania since 1970 – Krasimira TODOROVA: "Weapons for the Republic of Macedonia": Intelligence at the Center of a War between State Institutions – Petya PAVLOVA: Bulgarian Turks Influencing Bulgarian-Turkish Relations (1989–1990) – Notes on Contributors – Index.