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Carl Bildt

Carl Bildt was prime minister of Sweden from 1991-1994, and European Union envoy to ex-Yugoslavia from 1995-1997. This essay is adapted from his speech to the Rose-Roth Seminar of the Nato Parliamentary Assembly in Belgrade, 20 March 2003.

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