 IA FORUM ARTICLES |
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| Author discusses issues facing the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. By Zhidas Daskalovski. (IA-Forum, 10/01/2009) |
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| IA Forum discusses issues in Macedonia and the Balkans with Mr. Branko Crvenkovski, the President of the Republic of Macedonia. By Violeta Dzoleva. (12/11/2008) |
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| International Affairs Forum Interview: Macedonian Parliament Member Liljana Popovska |
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| Interview with Macedonian Parliament Member Liljana Popovska (Democratic Renewal of Macedonia) (in Macedonian). By Violeta Dzoleva, (IA-Forum, 5/15/2006) |
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| IA-Forum Interview: Tito Petkovski |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Tito Petkovski, President of the New Social Democratic Party in the Republic of Macedonia. (written in Macedonian) By Violeta Dzoleva. (IA-Forum, 3/22/2006) |
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| Dr. Ljupco Jordanovski, the current Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, speaks about the work of the Macedonian Parliament, his relations with the Macedonian media and the future of Macedonia. (The interview transcript is in Macedonian language) By Violeta Dzoleva (IA-Forum, 05/04/05) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Mr. Ylber Hysa, a member of the Kosovo Parliament, Vice President of the Kosovo Progressive movement “ORA”, and political analyst in the Balkans. He is also currently a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. (1/18/2005) |
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| His Excellency Kiro Gligorov, the former President of the Republic of Macedonia, discusses the Balkan conflict and his experiences. 12/20/2004. By Violeta Dzoleva and Jasen Zubcevik with special thanks to Dr. Julie Mertus. |
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| Kosova: Cka më tutje? |
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| Article discussing Albanian-Serbian issues in Kosovo. (written in Albanian). By Mr. Samet Dalipi, Fulbright Scholar, American University. (IA-Forum, 11/05/2004) |
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| What Next in the Western Balkans |
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| Speech given by Borut Grgic, FP advisor to the Government of Slovenia to the Atlantic Council of the United States. (7/21/2004) |
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| EDITORIALS |
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| Author discusses the international community's divisions over, and possible fallout from, Kosovo's self-declaration of independence. By Dr. Dale Mineshima-Lowe. (02/20/2008) |
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| The Case That Was |
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| Author asks who should be held accountable after Milosevic's death; does his passing excuse him for the atrocities he committed against the citizens of Yugoslavia? By Tonya Jones. (IA-Forum, 3/13/2006) |
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| A View of the Language of Ethnic Minorities in Science and Higher Education in Macedonia |
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| The origin of citizens in European societies is heterogeneous from ethnical, linguistic, confessional, or a racial aspect. By Maria Milosevska (IA-Forum, 11/08/2004) |
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| Decentralization, or Euro-Discrimination? |
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| Generally, minorities in the United States often take pride with the fact they are all equal under the law, regardless of their historical or ethnic background. This means that discrimination in the United States, based on race or ethnicity, by the government is generally illegal. By Steve Gligorov, J.D. and Metodija A. Koloski. (11/05/2004) |
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| Is a U.S. Embassy Sanctioning the Destruction of a National Monument? |
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| 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 Metodija A. Koloski. (09/09/2004) |
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| FEATURED ELSEWHERE
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| Interview with Greek official about the Greek-Macedonia issues. (A1, 02/05/2010) |
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| Editorial critical of recent UN Human Rights Report contending that Greece has proved lacking in respect to minorities, specifically Turks and Macedonians. (RIEAS, 03/09/2009) |
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| Kosovo has declared independence, yet it has achieved anything but. The West’s acceptance of this new ‘status’, without safeguarding the rights of Kosovo’s minorities, will weaken the little moral authority it may have over Moscow and Beijing. By Dr Jonathan Eyal. (RUSI, 02/2008) |
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| Commentators consider the impact of independence, and what happens next. (Transitions Online, 02/22/2008) |
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| Kosovo is urging the U.N to go ahead and vote on the issue of Kosovo's independence, despite a likely Russian veto and G8 discussion of a delay. By Matt Robinson (Reuters, 06/07/07) |
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| Summary and analysis of the latest US Human Rights Report for the post-Soviet area. By Andrew Tully. (RFE/FL, 8 March 2006) |
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| Marc Young presents the potential difficulties that Germany's conservative Chancellor will face if Iran develops a nuclear bomb. (Der Spiegel, 2/16/06) |
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| Three explosions in Kosovo's capital in the midst of talks of independence for the province.
By Shaban Buza (Reuters, 7/3/05) |
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| Balkan, Swiss, EU, and American diplomats meet in Lucerne, Switzerland to discuss the future of Kosovo.
(Albanian.com, 7/2/05) |
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| Belgrade offers term of autonomy to province of Kosovo.
(Albanian.com, 6/30/05) |
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| The first local elections since Macedonia devolved power to local governments are a test for the country's fractured, and fractious, parties. By Biljana Stavrova and Robert Alagjozovski. (TOL, 2/7/2005) |
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| Grave allegations by a former spin doctor in Serbia have yet to see a judicial follow-up. By Aleksandar Mitic. (TOL, 2/7/2005) |
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| In an interview with the BBC, Kosovan Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj says he is proud of the role he played in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and believes there will be an independent Kosovo within a year. (BBC, 1/17/2005) |
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| Kosovo, Bosnia sharply divided; Macedonians fear vote may spark violence. By Daniel Williams. (Washington Post, 11/6/2004) |
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| 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 Free Europe, 10/06/2004) |
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| 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 Serbia. (Voice of America, 10/04/2004) |
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| 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 rebuilding a nation shattered during the 1992-95 war. (UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 09/21/2004) |
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| 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 Macedonian national state and against the interests of the Macedonian nation. Has anything changed since? By Mirjana Maleska (newbalkanpolitics.org.mk 8/7/2004) |
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| Latest standoff pits ex-Yugoslav leader against his lawyers. (New York Times, 09/19/04) |
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| 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) |
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| Force hopes major improvements in training and intelligence will ensure violence on scale of the March riots never reoccurs. (IWPR, 9/10/2004) |
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| Discusses the problems of religious freedom in Kosovo. By Lawrence A. Uzzell. (Christian Science Monitor, 5/20/2004) |
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| Olympic fervour may bind Greeks for the moment, but ordinary politics must prevail. (The Age, 3/10/2004) |
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| 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) |
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| Critical of West policies related to Kosovo and Serbia. By Morton Abramowitz. (Washington Post, 1/7/2004) |
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| Offers insight on the determinants of social capital in Greece, compared to the European Union (EU). By Asimina Christoforou. (London School of Economics) |
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| News and analysis surrounding Milosevic trial. (5/29/2003) |
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| News and analysis of Yugoslavia including elections. (5/20/2003) |
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| News and analysis of Yugoslavia's post-war situation. (5/20/2003) |
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| News and analysis of Macedonia crisis. (1/6/2003) |
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| Once again, history is being written in the Balkans. This perennial hotspot is becoming a testing ground for Brussels--and for a new transatlantic relationship. By Morton Abramowitz and Heather Hurlburt. (Foreign Affairs, 9/1/2002) |
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| Debate rages over whether the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) air war against Serbia was a success or failure. But one thing is certain: that war resulted from a prior failure of NATO policy. By Timothy Crawford. (Brookings Institute, 1/1/2002) |
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| Kosovo is again erupting with ethnic killings. It is time to face reality: Serb and Albanian grievances run deep, NATO troops are stuck in Kosovo for the long haul, and the West must take a stronger hand in governing this battered province. By David Rohde. (Foreign Affairs, 5/1/2000) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 4/6/2001) |
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| Recent political transitions in Belgrade and Zagreb have created a historic chance to make lasting peace in the Balkans. The EU must actively facilitate the latter, or the Balkans could suffer another round of bloody war. By Carl Bildt(Foreign Affairs, 1/1/2001) |
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| A Presentation by Nebojsa Vujovic, Charge d’Affaires of Yugoslavia to the United States (Nixon Center, 11/2/1998) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 8/24/2000) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 5/15/2000) |
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| Discusses Greece's crucial position in the Balkans. By Kostas Karamanlis. (Washington Quarterly, 3/1/2000) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 2/25/2000) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 10/27/2000) |
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| Report on assasination of paramilitary leader 'Arkan'. (1/20/2000) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 4/21/1999) |
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| Kosovo's consequences were just the opposite of what NATO intended: suffering Kosovar civilians, regional instability, and a fuming Russia and China. By Michael Mandelbaum. (Foreign Affairs, 9/1/1999, $) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 10/23/1995) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 7/18/1995) |
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| 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 between a hawkish South and a dovish North. By Michael Lind. (Foreign Affairs, 9/1/1999, $) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 10/15/1996) |
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| The Dayton Accord that ended Bosnia's war has been oversold. It is the product not of Wilsonian idealism but of a reluctant realpolitik. The violence in Kosovo today is a reminder of the costs of appeasing aggressors. By Warren Bass.
(Foreign Affairs, 9/1/1998) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 11/30/1995) |
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