Diplomacy on the edge: containment of ethnic conflict and the minorities working group of the conferences on Yugoslavia
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adam_text | Contents
Maps
Xl
Figures and Table
xii
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xix
Author s Note, Autumn
2006
xxi
Abbreviations
xxv
Introduction
1
Part I. International Mediation Focused on All
of Former Yugoslavia
13
1
The Ethnicities of Yugoslavia in
1991
15
2
The Conferences on Yugoslavia
37
3
The Minorities Working Group
64
4
Three Parameters for a Solution
86
Part II. Croatia
101
5
Croats and Serbs
103
6
The Carrington Conference and Croatia
(1991-1992)
116
7
Stagnation
(1993-1995)
141
8
From the Z-4 Plan Back to War
(1995)
160
9
After the Storm
( 1995-1996)
176
IX
χ
Contents
Part III. Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
195
10
Bosnia and Herzegovina
197
11
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
211
12
Sandžak
223
13
Vojvodina
237
14
Albanians of Montenegro and Southern Serbia
263
Part IV. Kosovo
281
15
Albanians and Slavs until
1945 283
16
Kosovo in the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia
(1945-1991) 301
17
The Carrington Conference: Standstill
(1991-1992) 315
18
Negotiations at Last
(1992-1993) 333
19
Disruption of Mediation, Last Attempt,
and Aftermath
(1993-1999) 352
Part V. Macedonia
377
20
Macedonia and Its Four Neighbors
379
21
The Carrington Conference and the Albanian
Problem
(1991-1992) 394
22
Macedonia s Other Minorities
413
23
The ICFY and the Albanian Problem
(1992-1996) 427
24
Neglect and Its Consequences
(1996-2001) 451
Part VI. Appraisal of the International Intervention
463
25
Results: The Former Yugoslavia in
2004 465
26
Crisis Assessment and Intervention
480
27
Interaction with the Yugoslavs
493
28
Unity and Disunity
506
29
Negotiators, Negotiations, and Their Limits
524
Conclusions: Future Tasks and Lessons Learned
535
Notes
553
Selected Bibliography
613
Subject Index
621
Name Index
659
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Contents
Maps
Xl
Figures and Table
xii
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xix
Author's Note, Autumn
2006
xxi
Abbreviations
xxv
Introduction
1
Part I. International Mediation Focused on All
of Former Yugoslavia
13
1
The Ethnicities of Yugoslavia in
1991
15
2
The Conferences on Yugoslavia
37
3
The Minorities Working Group
64
4
Three Parameters for a Solution
86
Part II. Croatia
101
5
Croats and Serbs
103
6
The Carrington Conference and Croatia
(1991-1992)
116
7
Stagnation
(1993-1995)
141
8
From the Z-4 Plan Back to War
(1995)
160
9
After the "Storm"
( 1995-1996)
176
IX
χ
Contents
Part III. Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
195
10
Bosnia and Herzegovina
197
11
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
211
12
Sandžak
223
13
Vojvodina
237
14
Albanians of Montenegro and Southern Serbia
263
Part IV. Kosovo
281
15
Albanians and Slavs until
1945 283
16
Kosovo in the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia
(1945-1991) 301
17
The Carrington Conference: Standstill
(1991-1992) 315
18
Negotiations at Last
(1992-1993) 333
19
Disruption of Mediation, Last Attempt,
and Aftermath
(1993-1999) 352
Part V. Macedonia
377
20
Macedonia and Its Four Neighbors
379
21
The Carrington Conference and the Albanian
Problem
(1991-1992) 394
22
Macedonia's Other Minorities
413
23
The ICFY and the Albanian Problem
(1992-1996) 427
24
Neglect and Its Consequences
(1996-2001) 451
Part VI. Appraisal of the International Intervention
463
25
Results: The Former Yugoslavia in
2004 465
26
Crisis Assessment and Intervention
480
27
Interaction with the Yugoslavs
493
28
Unity and Disunity
506
29
Negotiators, Negotiations, and Their Limits
524
Conclusions: Future Tasks and Lessons Learned
535
Notes
553
Selected Bibliography
613
Subject Index
621
Name Index
659 |
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title | Diplomacy on the edge containment of ethnic conflict and the minorities working group of the conferences on Yugoslavia |
title_auth | Diplomacy on the edge containment of ethnic conflict and the minorities working group of the conferences on Yugoslavia |
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title_full | Diplomacy on the edge containment of ethnic conflict and the minorities working group of the conferences on Yugoslavia Geert-Hinrich Ahrens |
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