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Ahead of the Curve: Countdown for Kosovo

Tim Potier | Feb 05, 2007
United Nations special envoy Marrtti Ahtisaari introduced his plan for Kosovo to Serbian and Kosovar leaders over the weekend. In the Spring 2006 issue of The National Interest Tim Potier addressed how Washington should approach the delic

Conflict Conundrums

Tim Potier | Mar 01, 2006
For the United States, mediating territorial crises must involve geopolitical juggling.

The Lesser Evil: The Best Way Out of the Balkans

Richard K. Betts | Jun 01, 2001
Unless the United States wants to occupy the Balkans for decades to come, it will have to contemplate withdrawal under imperfect and unappealing circumstances.

Kosovo: Only Independence Will Work

Noel Malcolm | Dec 01, 1998
The continuation of the West's present policy on the other hand, far from solving Kosovo's problems, will only make them--and those of the whole Balkan region--far more lethally insoluble in the future.

The Demons of Kosovo

Warren Zimmerman | Jun 01, 1998
The competing claims of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo have been hopelessly tangled in the webs of history and myth.
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Commentary

Partition and a Recipe for Balkan Disaster

Morton Abramowitz
James Hooper
| Sep 29, 2011
The Balkans are again at a crossroads. The authors respond to the argument that ethnic partition is a viable option for Kosovo.

Germany Makes Another Balkan Mess

Ted Galen Carpenter | Sep 26, 2011
Merkel's ultimatum made a bad situation even worse. Washington must walk away from the Kosovo problem.

Bosnian Lessons

Gordon N. Bardos | Jul 16, 2010
What are the prospects for success in Iraq and Afghanistan? Our nation-building record in Bosnia and Kosovo isn’t encouraging.
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Blogs

The West’s Rube Goldberg Schemes in the Balkans Come Apart

Ted Galen Carpenter | Aug 05, 2011
The Balkan nation-building fiasco is no longer Washington's problem. It's time to let go of American national narcissism and let the EU handle the newest Bonsia-Herzegovina-Serbia-Kosovo mess.

Books & Reviews

Davos Man Meets Homo Balcanicus

Gordon N. Bardos | Sep 01, 2003
Sumantra Bose, Bosnia After Dayton: Nationalist Partition and International Intervention (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 352 pp.

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