Ending the War and Securing Peace in Former Yugoslavia

The current war in former Yugoslavia from its outset has been driven by Serbia's extremist nationalism and quest for territorial expansion. 1 As this tragedy has unfolded, the United States, European Community, Helsinki Commission, and United Nations have all concluded that Serbia bears the overwhelming responsibility for the war and its consequences. 2However, no policy has been crafted or implemented by any of these entities that would effectively restrain the aggressive behavior of Serbia against her neighbors.Serbia's aggression has introduced a potentially dangerous destabilization of post-Cold War Europe, in a region in which Western Slavic, Eastern Slavic, and Turkish cultures, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Islam all converge in a delicate balance.Failure to contain Serbian aggression endangers regional stability and threatens a wider regional conflict. A. Former Yugoslavia As a Precedent For Regional InstabilityIn the land-grab by which Serbia is attempting to create an ill-conceived, ethnically pure Greater Serbia, Serbs constitute t Advisor for Policy and Public Affairs, UN Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.BAL, New College,