THE BALKAN EXPERIENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL PEACE OPERATIONS: A BRIEF ANALYSIS ON THE BOSNIA AND KOSOVO CASES

Abstract

Marx expected the communist revolution to take place in Germany, but it happened in Russia. Similarly, after the end of the Cold War and the leadership change in the Yugoslav State, the international community expected a deadly conflict in Kosovo, but the third Balkan war started in Bosnia. It is a matter of discussion how can Germany and Russia be related in the matter of regime change, but I can easily tell you that the Bosnia and Kosovo issues have been the part and parcel of the same regional armed conflict. These two territories have stayed on the fault line of European politics and history, from the times of division of the Roman Empire. If we do not take into account several centuries of Pax Ottomana, this part of the world has had no rest in most of its history. Since the last quarter of the 19th century Bosnia and Kosovo have not witnessed peace and prosperity, and this trend has not changed in the post-Cold War era.

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