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Political land mines loom beyond Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.
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January 22, 2007
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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
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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
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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.
July 7, 2005
Backgrounder
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June 30, 2005
News Release
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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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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
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