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Coverage of the Kosovo Crisis, 1999-2000
NATO's military intervention in Kosovo, coming as a last
resort, reflected failure of policies pursued since the end
of the Cold War. Whereas Hitler was defeated in six years,
Milosevic has held our for eight, and counting. NATO leadership
has failed Europe in dealing with the Balkan crisis. A bombing
campaign alone did not meet the aims set for it. NATO action
without UN sanction has wrecked relations with Russia and
undermined the international community. THe UN has been thrust,
with meager, ill-equipped resources, into a political vacuum
where an under-strength international military presence still
struggles to suppress ethnic violence. A definitive political
solution still awaits -- for Kosovo, for Serbia, and for the
Balkans as a while. The immense tasks of assistance to Kosovo
and the Balkan region as a whole in institution building,
economic reconstruction and reform, humanitarian relief, ethnic
reconciliation, and integration into the Euro-Atlantic community
will challenge Europe and the Atlantic Alliance for years
to come.
This page provides news and analysis on the Kosovo crisis
during the time period of 1999-2000.
BASIC Publications
- Stabilizing South Eastern Europe:
When Actions Must Follow Words, BASIC Notes, 12 July
2000
- Kosovo: The Long Road to War,
A Chronology 1988-1999
A detailed timeline on the escalation of the Kosovo crisis
with insights on the major political and military events,
March 2000
- Beyond Kosovo: A Regional
Approach to the Balkans
This comprehensive report, produced by the Atlantic Council
of the US in conjunction with BASIC Senior Fellow Jack Seymour,
outlines the principal elements for a regional settlement
and offers a roadmap for achieving those goals, July 1999
- America Tries to Cash In on Kosovo
Reconstruction Efforts 23 July 1999
- Peacekeeping Not NATO's Job,
Says Cohen 16 July 1999
- EU-US
Summit Reaffirms Commitment to Stability Pact 21 June
1999
- Kosovo
Peace Plan Leaves Weapons Behind 10 June 1999
- No
Clear Victors with Kosovo Peace Agreement 4 June 1999
- EU
and Russia Rescue NATO's Doomed Strategy 3 June 1999
- Kosovo: Progress
Toward a Solution? 4 May 1999
- NATO Allows Yugoslav
Air Force to Bomb Kosovo Freely 24 April 1999
- Will NATO Defend
Montenegro? 24 April 1999
- NATO: No Plans
to Change Strategy in Kosovo, but Forced to Act to Contain
Conflict 23 April 1999
- Thessaloniki Municipality
Shows No Support for Land Plans 23 April 1999
- Athens Calls Russian
Envoy's Initiative 'Positive' 23 April 1999
- STATEMENT ON KOSOVO,
issued by the Heads of State and Government participating
in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington
D.C. on 23 and 24 April 1999
- Greek Defense
Minister Accuses NATO over Kosovo Peace Plan Failure
22 April 1999
- German Peace Plan
'Still Alive,' Say Officials 22 April 1999
- DOCUMENT: German Peace Plan for
Kosovo 22 April 1999
- There is No Military
Solution to the Kosovo Problem' 21 April 1999
- 'NATO a Biological
Monstrosity' Says Lord Healey 21 April 1999
- Connecting the
Dots 21 April 1999
- Kosovo: Moods and
Musings in Washington 19 April 1999
- Milosevic's
Multi-Front War? Map of Options to Counter a NATO Ground
Offensive
- The Roots of NATO's
Kosovo Policy 15 April 1999
- Humanitarian Disaster
Shapes NATO Policy 15 April 1999
- NATO Foreign Ministers
Meet in Brussels 12 April 1999
- NATO Foreign Ministers
to Meet Amid Escalating Kosovo Crisis 12 April 1999
- Kosovo: A Symptom
of NATO's Strategic Failure 7 Apr 1999
- NATO Surprised
in Kosovo - Not Likely! 31 March 1999
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