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Analysis Brief
Political land mines loom beyond Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.
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January 22, 2007
Interview
A top U.S. State Department official says Washington wants the alliance to beat back the Taliban’s resurgence.
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May 4, 2006
Analysis Brief
The European Union scolds Serbia for its inability—some would say refusal—to hand over Ratko Mladic, the disgraced Bosnian Serb military leader and indicted war criminal who has eluded capture for over a decade.
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updated: March 14, 2006
Analysis Brief
The death of Slobodan Milosevic ends a trial some had hoped would usher in a new era of international justice.
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November/December 2005
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Given the atrocities they have suffered in the past and the autonomy they are enjoying now, Kosovo's Albanians will never accept continued Serbian sovereignty. The time has come to give them what they want -- independence.
See more in Kosovo, Religion and Politics
July 7, 2005
Backgrounder
See more in Bosnia/Herzegovina, International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
June 30, 2005
News Release
See more in Kosovo, Peacekeeping
June 2005
Council Special Report No. 8
Council Special Report
This report identifies the principal steps that the United States can take to secure the investment it has made in the western Balkans and facilitate the region’s progress toward its rightful destiny within the EU. In doing so, Forgotten Intervention? lays out a straightforward and doable strategy for the United States that will pay dividends.
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This report explores how international legal rules regarding military force might evolve to better meet the challenges of mass atrocities.
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