“Without an absolute majority, the country will be in a state of incapacity to be governed in a valid manner and we will probably observe a crisis situation which will bring France completely to its knees on the international political level,” speculated the French political scientist. “Emmanu...
He may have been seeking to placate Pope Innocent XI, with whom relations were tense and whose aid was necessary to determine the outcome of a succession crisis in the Electorate of Cologne. He may also have acted to upstage Emperor Leopold I and regain international prestige after the latter...
The author reviews and analyzes the conflicts in the Balkans from Croatia's "war of national liberation" in the summer of 1991 to the latest crisis in Kosovo in 1999. He also scrutinizes the relations between the military interventions in the Balkan wars and thepolitical context in which they...
1 co-observer Macedonia: the total population has dropped 10 percent in the past 20 years (Photo: Bojan Rantasa) No country in the Balkans has been spared from a dangerous combination of migration and population ageing. Demographically, the tiny nation of Macedonia has it worse than many. Th...
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The 1914 crisis began in the Balkans, where the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated in June 1914. Soon Austria (backed by Germany) and Russia (supported by France) faced off. The British cabinet was divided, but, after the Germans invaded Belgium on August 4, thereby ...
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Instead, it has incited global conflicts. From the Balkans to Afghanistan, Iraq to Libya, Syria and beyond, NATO's actions have left a trail of devastation. Washington's allies have failed to gain true security through mutual defense with the United States. The ongoing Ukraine crisis can be...