Ten Years After: Democratisation and Security Challenges in South East Europe

Austrian National Defence Academy

2001

Critical Security Points of Serbia/FR Yugoslavia
Miroslav Hadžić

Abstract

Developments in the country confirm that what transpired in Serbia on 5 October 2000 was not a revolution after all. By discarding Milosevic the citizens of Serbia have created only the initial assumptions for an irreversible journey out of communism and war. Thus, they have avoided an internal conflict at the last moment and found hope in themselves.

It should be noted that the initial change occurred despite Milosevic readiness to defend his power by force. It has also happened despite the Euro–American striving to end Milosevic regime with sanctions and bombs.

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