Word: balkanize
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...President Franjo Tudjman. Tudjman's soldiers needed just five days to conquer Krajina, the crescent-shaped region whose Croatian Serb majority seceded from Croatia in 1991 with the help and encouragement of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Tudjman's victory last week created the largest exodus of refugees since the Balkan wars began; at the same time, the offensive shook up the region's political and military balance of power, and as a result seemed to create an opportunity for peace. The White House is now attempting to seize that opportunity by presenting a new plan for the Balkans. For Bill...
...denounced Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whom they faulted for not coming to their aid. Yugoslav officials, struggling to cope with the huge influx of refugees, announced plans to send thousands of them to Kosovo, a region that is 90% ethnic Albanian and that many fear will be the next Balkan powder...
...Balkans, there is now a whole new war to die in. Four years after a humiliating defeat, the Croats are on the move with a well-trained, well-equipped force of more than 100,000. That is the largest army to fight in Europe in 50 years. There is a risk that the battle for Krajina will spin out of control and engulf the Balkans in a wider war, one that could conceivably draw the republics of the former Yugoslavia, as well as their European and American allies, even further into the conflict. At the same time, however, there...
...divvying up Bosnia with Milosevic. "Every government acts only in its own interest," said one Bosnian government official, who predicts that once Croatia has what it wants, it will eagerly turn to the task of carving up its newest ally. If so, that would be honoring a centuries-old Balkan tradition...
Russian President Boris Yeltsinsays negotiations are under way to bring Milosevic and Tudjman to the bargaining table. The Russian government has long pushed the West to find a diplomatic solution to the Balkan conflict, but Yeltsin today indicated for the first time that force might be necessary if negotiations fail...