International Affairs Forum

Fri. December 13, 2024

Social Media: Hotspots: Balkans

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for the Hotspots/Balkans Topic

Analysis: Elections Raise Questions In Bosnia, Serbia, And Slovenia

Voters in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Slovenia went to the polls recently and reaffirmed some developing trends, not all of which are necessarily to the liking of their Western partners. (Radio F... Read More...

Nationalists Lead, Moderates Make Some Gains in Balkan Elections

First official results from elections in three of the countries that once made up Yugoslavia show that nationalists retained their dominance in Bosnia, but moderates made some inroads there and in Ser... Read More...

One millionth returnee goes home in Bosnia and Herzegovina

One million former refugees and displaced persons have returned home in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UN refugee agency announced Tuesday, describing it as a significant milestone in the long process of... Read More...

Kosovo and Macedonia

Great majority of the Macedonians considered the 2001 Ohrid Agreement an unjust act, the product of violence on the side of the ethnic Albanians supported by the “international community” against the ... Read More...

Milosevic Finds Ways to Thwart War Crimes Court

Latest standoff pits ex-Yugoslav leader against his lawyers. (New York Times, 09/19/04) Read More...

Kosovo Peacekeepers Try to Rebuild Reputation

Force hopes major improvements in training and intelligence will ensure violence on scale of the March riots never reoccurs. (IWPR, 9/10/2004) Read More...

Srebrenica victims found in Bosnia mass grave

Forensic experts say they have found the remains of dozens of Muslims massacred at Srebrenica during Bosnia's ethnic war in a mass grave near the eastern town. (ABC News, 09/11/2004) Read More...

Is a U.S. Embassy Sanctioning the Destruction of a National Monument?

The Macedonian-American community expresses anger over the U.S. decision to build the new U.S. Embassy in the archaeologically historic area known as Fortress Kale Gradiste. By Steve Gligorov and Meto... Read More...

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Social Capital and Economic Growth:The Case of Greece

Offers insight on the determinants of social capital in Greece, compared to the European Union (EU). By Asimina Christoforou. (London School of Economics) Read More...

A new era in Greek politics

Olympic fervour may bind Greeks for the moment, but ordinary politics must prevail. (The Age, 3/10/2004) Read More...

Greece: The EU’s Anchor of Stability in a Troubled Region

Discusses Greece's crucial position in the Balkans. By Kostas Karamanlis. (Washington Quarterly, 3/1/2000) Read More...

What Next in the Western Balkans

Speech given by Borut Grgic, FP advisor to the Government of Slovenia to the Atlantic Council of the United States. (7/21/2004) Read More...

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Without U.S., Balkan Threat May Explode

Op-Ed on the failure of American leadership in the Balkans and the need to proactively pursue a settlement in the Kosovo region. By David L. Phillips. (Los Angeles Times, 3/26/2004) Read More...

Kosovo's religious tables turned

Discusses the problems of religious freedom in Kosovo. By Lawrence A. Uzzell. (Christian Science Monitor, 5/20/2004) Read More...

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Snatching Defeat in The Balkans

Critical of West policies related to Kosovo and Serbia. By Morton Abramowitz. (Washington Post, 1/7/2004) Read More...

Civil War by Other Means

The debates over Kosovo blurred the old divisions between liberals and conservatives, but they did not rise above an even older split in American politics and foreign policy: the enduring divide betwe... Read More...