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The dense network of institutions binding modern Europe, especially the European Union, has eliminated war as the primary instrument of European security. By joining the European Union, the former satellite states and the Baltics became part of the single most significant political invention of modern European history. Adapted from the source document.

In this analysis of the importance of the minority issue in the Yugoslav republics during 1991-1992, the authors address the impacting factors of nationalism & religion in the Wars of the Yugoslav Succession to argue that the diplomatic failures & ethnic tensions must be addressed in the larger context of dated Balkan politics in a new European political environment. The factors of Yugoslav communism, the tension between Bosnian Serbs & Izetbogovi's writings, & party discourse contextualize the fervent nationalism of Croat leader Franjo Tudjman, & Slobodan Milosevic's mobilization of Serbian society. Discussion of the response from the international community assesses actions of Western Europe, the lack of international law mechanisms, & the Badinter Commission. Although the European response has been characterized as a running diplomatic fiasco, the authors conclude that the leaders & their associates bear the responsibility for turning a difficult situation into a bloody & destructive war. J. Harwell