Suchergebnisse

Discusses the question of national identity among Croatians & Serbians, focusing on the history of the two countries' national discourses & how they have impacted regional politics. It is contended that Croatia's national project has constituted throughout modern history a kind of integrative nationalism that entails the idea of a federal or confederal South-Slavonic state. Review of the Serbian national project shows that territorial pretensions lie at its heart. Suggestions regarding how Croatia can reformulate its national project in light of its independence are offered, & it is concluded that the Balkans will remain unstable for some time. W. Howard

The Serbian genocide of Bosnian Muslims is discussed in terms of the Serbs' desire for national unity & 500-year-old cultural mythology & resentment over their defeat in the battle of the Field of the Blackbirds by the Turks. The current war is aimed at the extermination of Muslims through maximization of terror, violence, & death, & has caused soldiers -- men of sound mind -- to commit unimaginable atrocities. Though unimpeachable evidence exists to document the murder & torture, including government statistics culled from 650 eyewitnesses, & 5,039 reports of war criminals -- little more than idle threats have emerged from the international community. In the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the feeling of betrayal by the UN & Europe runs high. 2 Photographs. D. Generoli

Prospects for peace and human rights protection in the new political world order; implications of the Yugoslav crisis for international law; 8 articles.

Discusses national and social composition of the armed forces and political attitudes of the leadership and officer corps.

Outlines the country's position in relation to the nonaligned movement, East and West, North and South, and ethnic disputes in the Balkans.