the balkans
Montenegro warns of rising Balkan tensions
EU mission to be deployed throughout Kosovo
EU will accept Serb demands on Kosovo mission
EU peacekeeper pullout worries Bosnia Muslims, but not analysts
EU Must Act To Stem Growing Bosnia Disunity
Europe’s Next Trouble Spot
Unlike in the 1990s, when America was at the height of its relative power and thus able to extend security over the region, America is now fighting two wars in the Middle East and is preoccupied with the financial crisis. Europe is still divided on its interpretation of Kosovo and is severely dependant on Russia for energy. The question of the day in the 1990s — “Why should I be a minority in your country when you could be a minority in mine?” – is surfacing again. And to ethnic separatists, post-Kosovo, there is no longer a satisfying answer.