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The Balkans: Historical Origins and Present Dangers of Recurring Ethnic Conflict, 1945-2002


All Resources: The Balkans: Historical Origins and Present Dangers of Recurring Ethnic Conflict on the European Periphery, 1945-2002
Plamen Panet
Sofia University, Bulgaria

Bibliography

a) Monographs and Books

Glenny, Misha. The Balkans. Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999. (New York: Viking, 2000).

Judah, Tim. Kosovo: War and Revenge. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000).

Lampe, J. R., and M. R. Jackson. Balkan Economic History, 1558-1950. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1982).

Larrabee, Steven F., ed. The Volatile Powder Keg: Balkan Security After the Cold War. (Washington, DC: American University Press, 1994).

Malcolm, Noel. Kosovo: A Short History. (London: Macmillan, 1998).

Mazower, Mark. The Balkans, A Short History. (New York: The Modern Library, 2001).

Pantev, Plamen. Coping With Conflicts in the Central and Southern Balkans. (Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridsky University Press, Sofia, 1995).

------. "Legitimizing Subregionalism: Evolving Perceptions, Initiatives, and Approaches to Subregional Relations in South-Eastern Europe." In Building Security in Europe's New Borderlands, edited by Renata Dwan. (London: M. E. Sharpe, 1999).

Stavrou, Theofanis, and John Lampe, eds. Redefining Southeastern Europe: Political Challenges and Economic Opportunities. (Munich: Sudeuropa-Ges., 1998).

van Meurs, Wim, ed. Beyond EU-Enlargement, Volume 2: The Agenda of Stabilisation for Southeastern Europe. (Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers, 2001).

Yannis, Alexandros. Kosovo Under International Administration: An Unfinished Conflict. (Athens: ELIAMEP, 2001).

b) Periodicals and Research Studies

Bebler, Anton. "Slovenia's Smooth Transition." Journal of Democracy 13:1 (January 2002).

Bildt, Carl. "A Second Chance in the Balkans." Foreign Affairs 80 (January/February 2001).

Clark, Wesley K. "When Force is Necessary: NATO's Military Response to the Kosovo Crisis." NATO Review (Summer 1999).

Daalder, Ivo H., and Michael B. G. Froman. "Dayton's Incomplete Peace." Foreign Affairs 78 (November/December 1999).

Demekas, Dimitri G.; Johannes Herderschee; James McHugh; and Saumya Mitra. "Building Peace in South East Europe: Macroeconomic Policies and Structural Reforms Since the Kosovo Conflict." A joint World Bank—International Monetary Fund paper, IBRD/WB (Washington, DC, 2002).

Fisher, Keith. "A Meeting of Blood and Oil: The Balkan Factor in Western Energy Security." Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans 4:1 (2002).

Holbrooke, Richard. "He was Calm, Unyielding." Newsweek, 5 April 1999.

Knaus, Gerald, and Marcus Cox. "Whither Bosnia?" NATO Review (Winter 2000-2001).

Pantev, Plamen. "The Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe." In Security in the Black Sea Region: Perspectives & Priorities, edited by Anne Aldis. Conflict Studies Research Centre, RMA Sandhurst, G93, March 2001.

Patten, Chris. "A European Vision for the Balkans." NATO Review (Summer/Autumn 2000).

Pierre, Andrew J. "De-Balkanizing the Balkans: Security and Stability in Southeastern Europe." United States Institute for Peace Special Report (September 1999).

Solana, Javier. "A Defining Moment for NATO: The Washington Summit Decisions and the Kosovo Crisis." NATO Review (Summer 1999).

Stein, Benn, and Susan Woodward. "A European 'New Deal' for the Balkans." Foreign Affairs 78 (November/December 1999).

c) Internet Sources

Dimitar Bechev, "Regional Identity in the Post-Cold War Balkans," www.isn.ethz.ch/isis/Publications

Independent International Commission on Kosovo, www.kosovocommission.org

Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS), "Balkan Regional Profile: The Security Situation and the Region-Building Evolution of Southeastern Europe," www.isn.ethz.ch/isis/Research_Studies/Balkan_

International Crisis Group, "Balkans Reports," www.crisisweb.org

NATO, www.nato.int

"News Analysis: NATO Adrift in the Balkans," March 12, 2001, www.nytimes.com

Plamen Pantev, "Strengthening of the Balkan Civil Society: The Role of the NGOs in International Negotiations," March 1997; "Prenegotiations: The Theory and How to Apply it to the Balkan Issues," October 1998; "Peacekeeping and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia: Broader Implications of the Regional Case," November 1999; "Security Risks and Instabilities in Southeastern Europe: Recommended Strategies to the EU in the Process of Differentiated Integration of the Region by the Union," November 2000; "Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe: A Survey of the National Perspectives and of the Adaptation Processes to the Partnership for Peace Standards," April 2001. All can be found at www.isn.ethz.ch/isis/Publications/Pantev_

United States Institute of Peace, Special Report, "Croatia After Tudjman," www.usip.org