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Article: Keys to Stability in the Balkans.(Brief Article)
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- Foreign Policy in Focus
- Article date:
- November 22, 1999
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In the aftermath of the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, instability has continued to plague the Balkan region. Inter-ethnic violence persists in Kosovo, and a prominent Yugoslav Army general has warned that Yugoslav troops could be sent back into Kosovo to defend the Serb minority. At the same time, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)--reluctant to disarm--has virtually seized power in the province and is determined to maintain its dominance. Although NATO has achieved its short-term goals, including the return of the Kosovar Albanian refugees to their homes, the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo, and the deployment of a multinational force with NATO at its ...