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They declined to adopt a German plan for immediate recognition of Croatia and neighboring Slovenia on the grounds that it would (inexplicably) "limit" their options in the event Serbia begins a large-scale assault on the breakaway republics.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
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Even where nations like Germany and France were disposed to take visionary actions (such as immediate recognition of Croatia and Slovenia -- and even the introduction of armed peacekeepers), the lowest-common denominator character of these organizations' consensus decision-making mechanisms made such actions utter non-starters.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
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Furthermore, America and the West have no immediate plans to bestow recognition on Somaliland, the de facto fully autonomous area in the north-west of the country that was ruled by Britain during the colonial era before Somalia's independence in 1964.
ECONOMIST: Somalia��s future