Yugoslavia at the Crossroads
Yugoslavia at the Crossroads

Contributor(s): Allen H. Kassof (Editor), Livia Plaks (Editor)
Subject(s): Post-Communist Transformation, Inter-Ethnic Relations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: PER Project on Ethnic Relations
Keywords: Yugoslavia 2001; Slobodan Milošević; future of Montenegro; Miodrag Vuković; Dragoljub Micunović;
Summary/Abstract: On December 14-15, 2001, senior Yugoslav, Serbian and Montenegrin politicians, as well as Serb leaders from Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, met with political leaders and high-level officials from Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania and the United States. Senior officials from the European Union (EU), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations (UN) also took part. The meeting, entitled “The New Yugoslavia and Its Neighbors: A Regional Dialogue,” was held in Belgrade and marked the start of a new Project on Ethnic Relations (PER) initiative, called “Serbs and Their Neighbors.” This new PER series complements another, started in April 2000, called “Albanians and Their Neighbors.”Their goal is to sustain a serious regional discussion about the two most pressing ethno-political issues in Europe today.The meeting was held one year after the democratic change took place in Belgrade. The destructive regime of Slobodan Milosevic was toppled, beginning a new era not only for Yugoslavia but for the entire region. Yugoslav democratic forces had endured a decade of grave conditions and are now trying to lead the country back into the European family.

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