Reflections on the Balkan Wars Ten Years After the Break-up of Yugoslavia

In this collection scholars, policymakers, and military officials explore the conditions that gave rise to the Balkan wars in the 1990s, the application of international law to the wars, the conduct of the wars, and post-war issues. The essays are based on presentations given at the International Conference on the Balkans held at Florida Atlantic University in February 2002. The contributors come from varied backgrounds, including international law, genocide studies, peacekeeping, European politics, communications, history, and military studies.

Jeffrey S. Morton is Associate Professor of International Law and Politics and Paul Forage is Assistant Professor of History, both at Florida Atlantic University. Stefano Bianchini is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Central-Eastern Europe and the Balkans at the University of Bologna. Craig Nation is Professor of military studies in the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.

Foreword--General Sir Rupert Smith * Part I: Wars in the Balkans * Origins of Foreign Intervention in the Civil War in Former Yugoslavia--Patricia Kollander * The Genocide Factor in the Yugoslav Wars of Dismemberment--Henry Huttenbach * The Relationship between the Dismemberment of Yugoslavia and European Integration--Francesco Privitera * The Leaky Bucket: Cross-Border Albanian Issues in the Balkans--Lawrence E. Cline * Media and Communications Systems in the Balkans Conflicts--Peter W. Reynolds * Part II: The International Law and Organization. * The UN Response to the Unfolding Balkan Wars--Frances T. Pilch * International Norms of Territorial Integrity and the Balkan Wars of the 1990s--Mikulas Fabry * The Balkan Conflict and the International War Convention--Craig Nation * Anticipatory Humanitarian Intervention: The Evolution of a New Norm?--Christopher Joyner & Anthony Clark Arend * Part III: Reflections on the Balkan Wars. * International Solutions to Domestic Problems in Bosnia--Patrice McMahon * Slouching Towards Kosovo: Matching Expectations with Reality for Air Power in Modern Limited Wars--Conrad Crane * The The Future of Western Engagement in the Balkans--Paul Forage, Craig Nation, Stefano Bianchini & Jeffrey S. Morton
Foreword--General Sir Rupert Smith * Part I: Wars in the Balkans * Origins of Foreign Intervention in the Civil War in Former Yugoslavia--Patricia Kollander * The Genocide Factor in the Yugoslav Wars of Dismemberment--Henry Huttenbach * The Relationship between the Dismemberment of Yugoslavia and European Integration--Francesco Privitera * The Leaky Bucket: Cross-Border Albanian Issues in the Balkans--Lawrence E. Cline * Media and Communications Systems in the Balkans Conflicts--Peter W. Reynolds * Part II: The International Law and Organization. * The UN Response to the Unfolding Balkan Wars--Frances T. Pilch * International Norms of Territorial Integrity and the Balkan Wars of the 1990s--Mikulas Fabry * The Balkan Conflict and the International War Convention--Craig Nation * Anticipatory Humanitarian Intervention: The Evolution of a New Norm?--Christopher Joyner & Anthony Clark Arend * Part III: Reflections on the Balkan Wars. * International Solutions to Domestic Problems in Bosnia--Patrice McMahon * Slouching Towards Kosovo: Matching Expectations with Reality for Air Power in Modern Limited Wars--Conrad Crane * The The Future of Western Engagement in the Balkans--Paul Forage, Craig Nation, Stefano Bianchini & Jeffrey S. Morton