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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...castration and execution at the hands of Serbs, justifying their imprisonment or expulsion from the small enclaves they still control. The very fear of brutality has set off a huge exodus of Bosnia-Herzegovina's population in search of safety. "Emotions, not rationality, have the upper hand," says Francois Heisbourg, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rumor & Reality | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

...Germans wanted, practically pleaded, to pool their sovereignty at Maastricht in a broad European political union. Such a union was promised, but is a long way from reality. "If the Maastricht Treaty stalls, then we may see a return to traditional policies of the German nation-state," warns Francois Heisbourg, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. "Then Germany could feel free to break out and go its own way." That happened twice in this century, with devastating consequences. It would be the height of folly for Europe's leaders to risk letting it happen again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe The New Germany Flexes Its Muscles | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

...year? Paul Goble, deputy director of research at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, argues that if Gorbachev still intends to follow the path of perestroika and demokratizatsiya, he will have to allow the Baltics to break away by Christmas and possibly Moldavia not long thereafter. Some experts, such as Francois Heisbourg, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, believe Gorbachev will use military force as a last resort to hold things together. Western intelligence officers, however, say the army has intervened very reluctantly in ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus and Central Asia and will not do so indefinitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LASHED BY THE FLAGS OF FREEDOM | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

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