SERBIA: The Milosevic Regime on the Eve of the September Elections (ICG Balkans Report N° 99)
SERBIA: The Milosevic Regime on the Eve of the September Elections (ICG Balkans Report N° 99)

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Government/Political systems, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: ICG International Crisis Group
Summary/Abstract: The regime in Serbia has recovered its footing after the 1999 war with NATO and remains as hard-line as ever. Learning and gaining experience over the years has enabled the regime to “improve” its performance and become more efficient. Most analysts in Serbia agree that Milosevic will be able to stay in power indefinitely. The process of internal consolidation after a lost war and loss of Kosovo has been mostly successful. The Serbian state security apparatus is pervasive. Its only task remains to secure the rule of federal President Slobodan Milosevic; the enemy is whatever threatens that rule. Information collected is used selectively to intimidate, blackmail or inflict political damage on opponents. The police are estimated now to be 80-100,000 strong; their consolidation was completed in June. New laws have given the police new power and the Law on Terrorism is expected to further enhance their authority and legal power.

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