Balkans

Verifying Violence

As the high-stakes effort to get agreement from Belgrade and the KLA continued, so did the war.

12 Mar 99

The Collateral Damage Is Democracy

NATO's bombing campaign represents the failure of Western policy. The real solution in the Balkans is democracy, but with one night's bombing, ten years’ work developing civil society has been all but wiped out.

1 Mar 99

Cleansing Kosovo

Serb forces are expelling Albanians from a horseshoe-shaped territory, from Pec to Prizren to Pristina-burning houses and destroying identity papers. They are not welcome back.

1 Mar 99

Rambouillet and Aftermath: The Hard Sell

Kosovo Albanians didn't get independence, NATO troops or peace. Fresh political splits have emerged, and fears of new bloodshed is high. But the returning delegates laid out a strong case that one more conference will bring results.

26 Feb 99
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