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Editorial
KOSOVO: THE FINAL CURTAIN
By Sonja Biserko
The resolution of the Kosovo status nears its final stage that is
marked by tensions and possibly unpredictable reactions. The Balkans is again in the focus
of the international community's attention as the entire region's stability and security
are once more at stake. Belgrade again emerges as a factor of instability, and Serbia's
international position is again rather impaired. Serbia has not lost Kosovo just because
of Milosevic's repressive policy - Serbian nationalists wrote off the province back in
1980s when, in... |
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Kosovo - The Final Curtain
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CROSSROADS
By Nikola Samardzic
Kosovo became independent from Serbia after NATO intervention in 1999.
The Security Council Resolution 1244 placed it under the UN mandate, while Serbia, as time
went by, managed to partially secure direct influence on the region north of the Ibar
River with North Kosovska Mitrovica as a center. Emerged from the Kosovo status
negotiations and mediation of the UN Contact Group, the plan of Martii Ahtisaari, special
representative of the UN Secretary General, included a compromise of a kind. Focused on
their... |
Kosovo - The Final Curtain
SERBIA UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY
By Stipe Sikavica
Will Serbia go at war for Kosovo for the third time? The question is
far from being naive. That is testified by the rhetoric (and not only rhetoric) that has
been polluting the anyway too much saturated media and political arena in Serbia. Here is
an example of such rhetoric: "...The administrative borders between Kosovo and
Metohija, and Serbia should be closed for people, goods and everything other for three
days. A monitoring mission composed of the representatives of the member-states of the
Shanghai Organization for Cooperation such as... |
Common Textbooks under the Magnifying Glass of Nationalists
DEFENSE OF A PREMODERN VALUE SYSTEM
By Dubravka Stojanovic
Two years ago, in December 2005, history textbooks - products of the
work of over 60 historians from all South European countries, from Slovenia to Cyprus and
Turkey - came out of print in Serbian. The idea behind the endeavor was to show secondary
school students how differently the controversial and painful events of the past are
interpreted in those countries and that neighboring nations' perceptions of many
historical watersheds are almost contrary to one another. To attain this objective the
historians have used multiperspective and comparative methods... |
Destructive Secrets and Destructive Consequences:
CARLA DEL PONTE AND THE WORLD COURT DECISION
Keith Doubt
The recent decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to not
hold Serbia directly responsible and accountable for the genocide that occurred in
Bosnia-Herzegovina is troubling and disappointing. The decision strengthens the cynical
perception of the international community obstructing Bosnia-Herzegovina's need for
justice to rebuild a stable and unified society. In 1995, the Dayton Peace Agreement
fractured Bosnia-Herzegovina into two dysfunctional and heteronomous entities: the
Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and... |
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