Kosova
"Yugoslavia does not exist without Kosovo! Yugoslavia would disintegrate without Kosovo! Yugoslavia and Serbia are not going to give up Kosovo!" ("The Economist", 9/7/96, pg. 48). Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic spoke these words. His people share this view, because there exists a strong sense of nationalism throughout most of Yugoslavia.Kosovo, the poorest province of Serbia, is the stage for one of the most important international situations in the news today. Kosovo is the home of 1.7 million ethnic Albanians ("The Economist", 1/11/97, pg. 53), who are fighting for their independence from Serbia. Every day, more and more of Kosovo's ethnic Albanians are fleeing Serbia, to neighboring Albania, to escape deadly fighting. The conflict in Kosovo is not exactly recent, as it is said to have started over 600 years ago, in 1389. Peace talks are currently under way, but negotiation is not coming easy. The ethnic Albanians, led by the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), feel that the working and living conditions in Kosovo are not tolerable. The Serbs feel that Yugoslavia cannot exist without Kosovo, and refuse to grant it autonomy. In 1389, the Serbs fought a battle against the Turks in Kosovo, "which the Serbs conside
During the Bosnian War, United States President George Bush warned the Serbs that the U. would use force if the Serbs attacked Kosovo. President Bush was taken seriously, as Kosovo was not attacked. In doing this research, I feel that I have gained a stronger understanding of the conflict in not only Kosovo, but that of Bosnia as well. Problems escalated in 1987, when Slobodan Milosevic rose to power in Yugoslavia. Eleven years later, it became an absolute monarchy, and was divided into regions, regardless of racial composition. So far, these attempts have been successful, but it is not known for how long. I do not feel I could offer a fair solution to end the bloodshed in Kosovo. The Serbian leaders do not want to seem weak, causing a loss of nationalism.
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