Word: tito
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...dilemma. On the one hand, only democratization can provide the basis for humane, modern political life. On the other hand, democracy by itself cannot keep a multi-national federation together. Quite the contrary: partly because of democratization, centrifugal forces are gathering momentum. As the attempts to democratize post-Tito Yugoslavia have shown, a more powerful antidote is needed to fight the virus of nationalism...
Yugoslavia, composed entirely of ethnic minorities, broke from Moscow in 1948 but was held tightly together by its forceful first President, Josip Broz Tito. Since his death in 1980, ties among the country's six republics and two autonomous regions have loosened, and an ambitious Serbian nationalist, Slobodan Milosevic, has become wildly popular among his fellow Serbs. But his ) strident chauvinism and the rest of the federation's fears of the Serbs, who account for more than 8 million of Yugoslavia's 24 million people, could be pushing the country toward disintegration. Milosevic has reasserted Serbian control over Kosovo...