...Ivo Sanader Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Ivo Sanader is the prime minister of the Republic of Croatia. Croatia in the New Millennium: Toward EU and NATO Membership Ivo Sanader Croatia has come a long way since independence...

...Fatos Tarifa 2005 Fatos Tarifa is the former ambassador of Albania to the United States. The Adriatic Europe: Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia Fatos Tarifa Since the end of World War II, and especially after the death...

...Vesna Pusić In this essay, Croatia’s minister of foreign and European affairs outlines Croatia’s foreign policy directions as a member of the European Union. Mutual benefits to the EU and Croatia of the latter’s membership are outlined, with particular reference to issues in southeastern Europe...

...Ivo Josipović The president of the Republic of Croatia analyzes the progress made by his country since the end of the Balkan conflicts. He points to its progress toward European integration and provides advice for Croatia's neighbors on how to heal past wounds by looking to a future of cooperation...

...Peter Brock Despite the dreadful wars — and the comparable horrors of uncertain “peace” — and against the background of an almost religious knack for recurring Balkan catastrophe, there are warnings that hostilities are reviving in the former Yugoslav republics of Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia...

...Shyamal Kataria The Nazi German entry into the Balkans in the spring of 1941, together with the complete dismemberment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, heralded the birth of the Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska (NDH) or “Independent” State of Croatia. Run by the Ustashe, the NDH was an ideologically fascist...

.... The first Yugoslavia (1918–41) had solid support in the West. Croatian separatist activities in the 1920s and 1930s were generally frowned upon. In World War II, the Axis powers destroyed the country, and in Croatia a pro-Axis movement created the so-called...

..., there are thirteen bicameral and fifteen unicameral parliaments, broken down as follows: • Bicameral states: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom • Unicameral states: Bulgaria, Croatia...

.... Croatia and Albania signed accession agreements with NATO in July 2008. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) would like to follow but has long been blocked by Greece, which disputes its right to the name Macedonia. Along with Croatia, Albania, and Montenegro, it is classed...

..., therefore oppressed none, and was easily accepted as a democratic entity. Croatia, however, had large numbers of Serbs who, at the invitation of the Aus- trian emperor, had settled in the border regions centuries earlier to help repel Turkish inroads. To gain recognition, the newly established Croatian...

... had no minori- ties to oppress, therefore oppressed none, and was easily accepted as a democratic entity. Croatia, however, had large numbers of Serbs who, at the invitation of the Aus- trian emperor, had settled in the border regions centuries earlier to help repel Turkish inroads. To gain...

..., therefore oppressed none, and was easily accepted as a democratic entity. Croatia, however, had large numbers of Serbs who, at the invitation of the Aus- trian emperor, had settled in the border regions centuries earlier to help repel Turkish inroads. To gain recognition, the newly established Croatian...

... the acrimonious conflicts leading to interethnic wars and the step-by-step col- lapse of the Yugoslav Federation, political leaders and parties proudly employed nationalistic rhetoric, programs, slogans, songs, and symbols. So did Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, Franjo Tudjman of Croatia, Alija Izetbe...

... book, Homeland Calling, to show how those groups coming from Yugoslavia interacted with previous immigrants and how they infl uenced events in their home countries. His book is divided into four parts, the largest being devoted to Croatia, others focusing on Serbia and Kosovo, and a brief...

... with previous immigrants and how they infl uenced events in their home countries. His book is divided into four parts, the largest being devoted to Croatia, others focusing on Serbia and Kosovo, and a brief conclusion. The omission of chapters con- cerning the three other republics that emerged from...

... those groups coming from Yugoslavia interacted with previous immigrants and how they infl uenced events in their home countries. His book is divided into four parts, the largest being devoted to Croatia, others focusing on Serbia and Kosovo, and a brief conclusion. The omission of chapters con...

... with Croatia. Bosnian Muslims constitute the only faction that wishes to maintain Bosnia-Herzegovina in its current incarnation. Political paralysis has plagued Bosnia in the years since the Dayton Accords were signed. To the extent that political power has been exercised by the country’s...

... war when they shot down a Yugoslav army helicopter. Following intense German pressure, the European powers agreed to the recognition of Slovenia and Croatia, in January 1992. Soon thereafter, the United States declared that it, too, would recognize Slovenia and Croatia, provided Bosnia...

... military forces in Operation Storm, which ethnically cleansed all of the Serbs from their ancestral lands in Croatia and included the slaughter of hundreds of innocent civilians, has not been indicted. This is the same com- mander whose Croatian forces two years...

... in Croatia, as were ethnic Greeks in Albania and ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. While these killings and persecutions were going on, this professor spelled out with remarkable clarity the only path to a better life for all the people of the region. There are those who will say that the notion of regional...