Word: croation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ZAGREB, Croatia: Alexandra Stiglmayer reports that though Sunday's Croation elections are a failure for democracy and the protection of minority Serb rights in the region, the White House is unlikely to do anything about it: " The elections have done nothing more than reinforce the Balkan status quo. The West has counted on Croatia for stability in the region, so it's not going to blame it now for an internal lack of democracy and human rights." With more than 90 percent of the total count in, Croatiannationalist strongman President Franjo Tudjman has won an easy victory, sidestepping Western media...
...Croats' willingness to bargain reflects a crucial change of tactics by Franjo Tudjman, Croatia's strongman, a consummate opportunist who has previously shifted his allegiances from the Bosnians to the Serbs and back again as he maneuvers to preserve and acquire a greater Croation state. His continued meddling in Bosnia has prompted threats of sanctions from the U.S. Security Council. Worried by Moscow's embrace of the Serbs, "there is real fear they will be ostracized by the world community," said a well-placed foreign observer. As a more positive incentive, "we are offering Croatia the world if they will...