THE GEOPOLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE 1999 NATO AGGRESSION AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
THE GEOPOLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE 1999 NATO AGGRESSION AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA

Author(s): Alexis Troude
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Geopolitics
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: Resources; boundaries; instability; the Balkans; New World Order
Summary/Abstract: The author deals with the problem of geopolitical motivation of the NATO aggression against the FR Yugoslavia in 1999. In this respect, it is emphasized that behind the military intervention of the Western Alliance are the geoeconomic (mining wealth of Kosovo), transportation, energy and military-strategic interests of the United States and its allies. The author analyzes current and future projects for the construction of transport and energy infrastructure in the Balkans, as well as the geopolitical combinations and rivalries developing around the realization of these projects. The second part deals with the consequences of this intervention reflected in the rise of Islamic radicalism in the region, organized crime in Kosovo and general instability in the Balkans. The author particularly discusses the current situation in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the unstable political circumstances in these areas, as well as the expansion of the EU and NATO in the Balkans.

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