AFTER THE CRISIS
By Vladimir Gligorov
Social and political effects of a crisis usually lag behind it. For,
political instability make a bad situation even worse, while social situation aggravates
gradually as unemployment rate grows higher and higher, sources of incomes fewer and
fewer, and social expenses bigger and bigger. And yet, social and political effects differ
in their nature and can differ in practice: political changes can produce countercyclical
effects and social tensions procyclic. This calls for an explanation. In democracies,
crises result in political changes. The purpose of these changes is to renew legitimacy of
regimes, which can use... More
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NATO AND BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
A TEST OF MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY
By Edina Becirevic
NATO's rejection of Bosnia-Herzegovina's application for the MAP
(Membership Action Plan) was the last in a series of disappointments for the citizens of
Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2009. The Alliance's decision, along with the European Union's
refusal to approve visa-free travel for Bosnians, best illustrates how international
community decision-makers have misunderstood the process of disintegration in the country
and misjudge the correct way to cope with them. The European Commission's decision of July
2009 to leave out Bosnia-Herzegovina... More >>> |
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SOMEONE WRITES TO THE GENERAL
By Slobodanka Ast
General Vladimir Trifunovic's golghota - his wartime and post-war
suffering that associates a Greek tragedy - was coped with by courts of law and the media:
for some, he was a hero who saved 220 young recruits and 37 officers from the
"Thermpolis cliff" of the Varazdin barracks; for others, he was a traitor
rightfully sentenced by a military court. YPA General Zivota Panic said at the time,
"You were of no use to us alive but dead." The Supreme Court of Serbia has
recently overruled the sentence by which the former YPA general was punished to 7-year
imprisonment fourteen years ago. The Court ordered a... More >>> |
