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International Community and the Balkan Wars Sonja Biserko The emerging new post-cold war international setting had a strong impact on the resolution of the Yugoslav crisis. The break-up of the former Yugolavia was the outcome of a long process and of set of internal and international circumstances that determined its character, but also collapse of communism and of the federal state. The sui generis position of Yugoslavia throughout the Cold War period, a position resulting from the military balance between East and West e er ted a ma !or influence on the ch ar acter of Yugoslav state and its geo-strategic position, which provided advantages over the other states in the "ocialist block. #or almost fifty years it was the scene of the Cold War competition with constant presence of the risk and fear that it could end with a direct East- West confron tation. $ecause of that Yugoslavia possessed a leading military potential in Europe %supported both by West and East& that was later to strongly influence the character of the war, the army having become a dominant political factor in the Yugoslav crisis during the early '()*s amid advanced disintegration at the time of Tito+s death. otentials of the democratic aspects of Yugoslav communism and benefi ts from its sui generis position held for fifty years did not provide a sufficient foundation to ensure peaceful transformation and modernisation of this comple country. The change of geostrategic priorities of the West were soon made clear to Yu goslavia. The ne w " ambass ador to $e lgrade, Warren immerman, arrived with the message that Yugoslavia was no longer accorded the geo-political importance attached to her by the nited "tates during the Cold War. ' The world raised the issue of human rights, particularly in /osovo, and epected Yugoslavia to meet some international norms and standards. 0owever, despite the fact that the socialist federation could not survive or morph into a democratic, looser federation %confederation&, as advocated by "lovenia and Croatia, disintegration and war might have been prevented had "erbia considered peaceful option and had it not based its decision on the fact that the 1rmy took its side. 1
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