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US policy in the Balkans: recipes for violence | 56 comments (56 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: US policy in the Balkans: recipes for violence (none / 0)

A number of reasons could explain why the US was not in phase with the EU (Germany) on this one in the 1980s and 90s
> because Germany was charting its own course at the time without prior US "approval"
> because of disagreements about the new perimeters of influence in the region (namely between US and Germany)
> because of disagreement about who would get which ex Yugoslav asset (mines, industry, real estate)

... culminated in public maneuvering which exposed rifts between the US and its European (German) ally.

by vladimir on Fri Dec 14th, 2007 at 04:11:22 PM EST
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Re: US policy in the Balkans: recipes for violence (none / 1)

So now Germany and the US have colonized the ex-Yugoslavia? Is this what the EU is about as well? A division of spoils?

by Upstate NY on Fri Dec 14th, 2007 at 04:54:37 PM EST
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Re: US policy in the Balkans: recipes for violence (none / 1)

You know, I really wouldn't rule it out. We need a revolution.

by vladimir on Fri Dec 14th, 2007 at 05:47:08 PM EST
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