Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Slovenia, which gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, has remained largely unaffected by the maelstrom that has since plunged other regions of the Balkans into conflict over the past several years...
Alvis' remarks focused on why NATO, a defensive alliance, has entered the conflict and possible outcomes of the fighting...
Alvis also noted problems with intervention by coalition. The 19 NATO nations directing the conflict all have veto power, leading to indecisiveness...
...minute question-and-answer period followed the presentations. Topics of discussion included the U.S. hesitance to call the conflict...
...opinion that America had to take a leadership role in this situation," he said. "The European leadership [in past Balkan conflicts] became tools in the hands of Serbian propaganda. Europe is just too much in the possession of nationalism to make rational decisions in this conflict...