reimagining yugoslavia: all articles

The politics of nationalism and ethnic cleansing broke up the federation, leaving successor states blighted by economic crisis, corruption, and dependency on the international community. Yet amidst deep controversy over the Hague tribunal and the future of Kosovo, a still raw democratic politics is developing across the region. Reimagining Yugoslavia reassesses the lessons of tragedy, its wider historical and international context, and discusses the possibilities of a future beyond fate.
Friday 26th June

Versailles and Yugoslavia: ninety years on

Dejan Djokic, 26 June 2009
The date was fateful: 28 June 1919. The baptism was tough. The outcome: a multinational state
Wednesday 1st April

The Kosovo war: between two eras

Martin Shaw, 1 April 2009
Nato's assault prised Kosovo from Serbia in 1999 in a "risk-transfer war" with a bitter legacy
Wednesday 18th February

Kosovo and Serbia, one year after: a quiet compromise?

Eric Gordy, 18 February 2009
The bitter atmospherics of the Serbia-Kosovo dispute tell only part of a complex story 
Tuesday 17th February

Kosovo: one year on

Florian Bieber, 17 February 2009
A constrained independence leaves Europe's newest state living in contradiction
Tuesday 22nd July

Radovan Karadzic’s capture: a moment for history

Dejan Djokic, 22 July 2008
The seizure of a leading war-crimes suspect may help lift the burdens of the past in the region

Serbia’s tipping-point arrest

Victor Peskin, 22 July 2008
Radovan Karadzic's detention is a moral lesson in political accountability

Radovan Karadzic: the politics of an arrest

Eric Gordy, 22 July 2008
A key fugitive from the ex-Yugoslavia wars is held. Who gains?
Tuesday 1st July

Serbia’s climate change

Ivan Zverzhanovski and Daniel Korski, 1 July 2008
The formation of a new government offers modest hope of progress in the path to Europe
Thursday 22nd May

Kosovo to Kashmir: the self-determination dilemma

Sumantra Bose, 22 May 2008

Solutions to self-determination disputes are better found through compromise than confrontation

Monday 12th May

Serbia’s political carousel

Eric Gordy, 12 May 2008
The outcome of Serbia's fourth election in two years passes the advantage to the political power-brokers
Tuesday 4th March

Kosovo, Palestine, Iraq: the limits of analogy

Shlomo Avineri, 4 March 2008
Kosovo's independence fuels arguments on both sides in the middle east - and in Iraqi Kurdistan
Thursday 28th February

Belgrade: an old script, replayed

Dragan Klaic, 28 February 2008
Belgrade's official demonstration against Kosovo's independence is a dramatist's nightmare
Monday 25th February

Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity

Robert Elsie, 25 February 2008
A new state in Europe revives a perennial question of identity: who are the Kosovars?
Wednesday 20th February

Desimir Tosic (1920-2008): in memoriam

Dejan Djokic, 20 February 2008
A venerable Serbian politician and historian embodied the best of his country
Monday 18th February

Kosovo: the day after

Timothy William Waters, 18 February 2008
The cost of Kosovo's independence is Serb embitterment. It's time to rethink
Sunday 17th February

Kosovo declares independence

openDemocracy, 17 February 2008
The Kosovo assembly in Pristina announced on 17 February 2008 that the territory was an independent state. This is its declaration in full
Tuesday 5th February

Serbia chooses a future, just

Eric Gordy, 5 February 2008
Boris Tadic’s re-election as president opens a time of even greater test for democracy in Serbia
Monday 21st January

Serbia’s presidential election: the best-laid plans...

Eric Gordy, 21 January 2008
Serbia's inconclusive vote was less about Kosovo and more about Belgrade's political dynamics
Monday 14th January

Kosovo: the hour of Europe

John O'Brennan, 14 January 2008
The Kosovo-Serbia endgame is an alarm-call for Europe's policy in the region
Wednesday 9th January

The Balkans-Caucasus tangle: states and citizens

Mary Kaldor, 9 January 2008

Kosovo could detonate conflict across a wide region in 2008

 

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