The narrative switches back and forth from Washington's corridors of power to the Balkan war zones.
Divided after the 1913 Balkan war between Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia, Macedonia is still surrounded by predatory neighbours.
Are they right to think the latest Balkan war is, in effect, the last gasp of pan-Slav nationalism?
That might fuel ethnic passions and even lead to yet another Balkan war.
In 1913, the Treaty of Bucharest was signed between Bulgaria and the Balkan allies Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, ending the second Balkan war.
However, the voters' rejection of the current government has had as much to do with concern over corruption as the fear of another Balkan war.
Few western politicians would want to explain to their voters why winning a Balkan war is worth even the faintest risk of a nuclear one.
These are the third Bosnia-wide parliamentary elections since the Balkan war.
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA (CNN) -- Diplomats and U.N. officials are concerned that new fronts may soon open in the Balkan war, around the cities of Dubrovnik and Drvar.
Solana later teamed up with European union negotiator Carl Bildt as part of a fresh attempt by major powers to bring a negotiated settlement to the Balkan war.
Even at this conference, despite a few gleams of light (such as the Serb lawyer who insisted that Balkan war criminals must face justice), the tribunal was compared to the Spanish Inquisition, a medieval court and a communist show trial.
Before the latest Balkan war, all in the region had been hoping for a long period of boredom, in which historical grudges, especially those involving Russians and their former empire, would fade and economic ties across the Baltic Sea would continue their sprightly growth.
Like Clinton, powerful members of Congress believe Americans are not willing to make the sacrifices required by a Balkan ground war.
Meanwhile, the Army had suffered an embarrassing setback in the 1999 Balkan air war, encountering major problems in deploying its helicopters to the war zone.
Although they have fought bravely and in the end successfully, it will be a long time before overseas aggressors again view them with the awe exhibited after Operation Desert Storm and the Balkan air war.
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Then Serbia which spends less on its military in a year than NATO does in a day managed to shoot down a stealthy U.S. strike aircraft during the Balkan air war in 1999.
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She has named an ambassador for war-crimes issues and spent much of her recent Balkan tour scolding leaders for sheltering accused war criminals.
Despite the clashes, the leading ethnic Albanian politician in Macedonia expressed optimism about negotiations to end the crisis and head off a full-scale war in the Balkan country.
When the talks collapsed, the administration waded in deeper: its Balkan point-man, Richard Holbrooke, flew to Belgrade for a final effort to prevent war.
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