The New Macedonian Question

The Macedonian Question has been at the heart of the Balkan crisis for most of this century. This book bringS together international experts to analyze the recent history of Macedonia since the breakup of Yugoslavia, and includes analyses of key issues in ethnic relations, politics, and recent history.

James Pettifer is Research Fellow at the European Research Institute, University of Bath.

List of maps

x

Preface to the paperback edition

xi

Abbreviations

xvii

A chronology of key events in Macedonian history, 1870-1999

xxiv

A chronology of events in Yugoslav-Macedonian relations, 1990-2000

xxvi

Notes on the contributors

xxxii

Introduction

xxxvii

James Pettifer

Former Yugoslavia Macedonia after 1991

xl

Balkan frontier changes involving Macedonia

xliii

PART I The National Question in modern Macedonia

The origin of the Macedonian dispute

3

(12)

Elisabeth Barker

The new Macedonian question

15

(13)

James Pettifer

Policy and economy in Macedonia

28

(19)

Jens Reuter

Macedonian identity: an overview of the major claims

47

(13)

Kyril Drezov

IMRO + 100 = FYROM? The politics of Macedonian historiography

60

(19)

Stefan Troebst

Yugoslavia and Macedonia in the years 1991-6: from brotherhood to neighbourhood

79

(17)

Nina Dobrkovic

The unrealistic dreams of large states

96

(11)

Kiro Gligorov

Part II Ethnic minorities

Non-Albanian Muslim minorities in Macedonia

107

(19)

Hugh Poulton

The Vlachs of the Republic of Macedonia

126

(11)

Tom Winnifrith

The Albanians in western Macedonia after FYROM independence

137

(11)

James Pettifer

Status and rights of nationalities in the Republic of Macedonia

148

(19)

James PGjorgi Caca

Part III Historical Perspectives

IMRO groupings in Bulgaria after the Second World War

167

(17)

James PIvanka Nedeva

Naoum Kaytchev

Albania, Macedonia and the British military missions, 1943 and 1944

184

(17)

James PReginald Hibbert

Part IV International relations of the new state

Engineering the foreign policy of a new independent State: the Case of Macedonia, 1990-6

201

(25)

Dimitar Mircev

Greek policy considerations over FYROM independence and recognition

226

(37)

James Pevangelos Kofos

Macedonia in the context of present-day Russian foreign policy

263

(5)

James Pnina Smirnova

The Balkans and the Mediterranean policy of Russia

268

(17)

James Pnina Smirnova

Alla A. Yaskova

Former Yugoslav Macedonia, the regional setting and European security: towards Balkan stability?

285

(18)

James Psophia Clement

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The New Macedonian Question

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