Word: kosovo
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...European country to join the European Community. But instead of E.U. membership we got Slobodan Milosevic, who ensnared many of my Serbian compatriots with his virulent nationalism, while other Balkan countries became equally nationalistic. Slovenia was the first to pull out of Yugoslavia, followed by Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo. And now Montenegro, a staunch Serbian ally for the past two centuries, has made its exit. All that is left of Yugoslavia (which changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro three years ago) is a World Cup?bound soccer team and dog-eared passports like mine. But these days...
...lived in Kosovo for a few weeks,” he remembers. “We moved to some of the different countries, like Montenegro, and we went back to my grandpa’s house...
...force in all but the most extraordinary circumstances. As regular readers of my column know, I was opposed to the Iraq invasion. In the past, I have only favored military action when it had a United Nations or NATO imprimatur, as did the first Gulf War, Kosovo and Afghanistan operations. Furthermore, for more than 10 years I've been in favor of diplomatic recognition of so-called rogue states like Iran, North Korea and Cuba. I've visited Iran, have friends there and I understand that a significant portion, perhaps the vast majority, of Iranians admire the United States...
Reading Zinn’s transcript in “Global Values 101,” his enthusiasm for participating in a Harvard discussion is apparent. One of the questions posed to Zinn is whether military force is sometimes necessary for humanitarian goals; the students allude to Rwanda and Kosovo...
...became obvious that even now, almost six years after Milosevic was kicked out of power, Serbia has real difficulties in dealing with its past and Slobo's dark legacy. Frustrated after losing four wars in a row, the near certain loss of Kosovo and the likely breakup of the uneasy union with Montenegro, many Serbs feel that they have not been fairly treated by the world and that they're still paying off someone else's debts. Whether that feeling is justified or not is a matter of vigorous dispute in my country. But such a painful issue cannot...