FINISHING THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION: THE RETURN OF YUGOSLAVIA TO EUROPE

Authors : İlhan UZGEL

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Publication Date : 2001-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :While the fall of Milosevic on 5 October 2000 was a turning point for the Yugoslav people, it also has far reaching implications for regional developments in the Balkans. Milosevic was not the only dictator who was toppled, but what this event portends for the structure and functioning of the international system is even more important. Tito`s Yugoslavia was a unique state in terms of its foreign policy it was the only socialist country in Eastern Europe that was outside the Soviet orbit and was also a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement , its treatment of nationalities and minorities and the way Yugoslav leaders understood and implemented socialism self-management, developed by Edvard Kardelj . With Milosevic`s Yugoslavia all of these characteristics turned upside down and, the once respected and prestigious country of the Cold War years and the most likely EU candidate among the East European countries, became the pariah state of the 1990s
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