| ID | 142906 |
| Title Proper | De-Balkanizing the Balkans |
| Other Title Information | a look back with questions |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Krastev, Ivan |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the year 2000, in the immediate aftermath of NATO’s military operation in former Yugoslavia, I wrote an article claiming that it would be the success of the reconstruction of the region that would define the historical legitimacy of NATO’s intervention, conducted in the absence of a UN Security Council resolution; that the internal weakness and dysfunctionality of the Balkan states were the major threat to the security of the region; and that neither democratisation nor European integration could be substitutes for proper state-building in the region. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 50, No.4; Dec 2015: p.294-296 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol : 50 No 4 |
| Key Words | Balkans ; De-Balkanizing ; NATO’s Military Operation |