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The Western Balkans Will Make or Break the EU

With its eastern borders shut down, for the time being, the European Union must move its attention to the Western Balkans—where the expansion of union membership is crucial to maintain stabilization. By Anton Caragea.


 

Mother Teresa of Skopje

The city of Skopje, Macedonia, commemorates Mother Teresa with a special award for humanitarian engagement that bears her name and, this year, with the construction of a new memorial house. By Risto Karajkov.


 

Rwanda: Call to Indict French Leaders for Genocide

It is unlikely that former prime ministers Dominique de Villepin or Alain Juppé, or anyone else on the commission's list of French genocide suspects, will be extradited to Rwanda. By Tony Iltis.


 

Boisterous Bear, Wounded Eagle

You do not have to be a Soviet studies expert (or a post-Communist scholar) to know that the American missile defense shield will create a Russian backlash (as we have seen in Georgia).
By Michael Werbowski.


 

Lessons of the Caucasus Conflict

The end of the confrontation with Georgia marks the opening of a new chapter in the fight for predominance in Eastern Europe: Ukraine. Like Georgia, Ukraine is a very vulnerable ally of the United States. By Anton Caragea.


 

Rejected Somali Asylum Seekers in Britain Sent to Mogadishu

Between April and December 2007, the Home Office sent 1,999 asylum seekers back to their original countries. Some of the Somali nationals were sent to Mogadishu, the most dangerous city in the world. By Dalmar Yuusuf.


 

Albania: Through a Glass Darkly

Until the next NATO meeting, in which the organization will celebrate its 60th anniversary, in 2009, many things are waiting to be realized by the Albanian government and parliament.
By Ledion Krisafi.


 

Macedonian Refugee Children: Exodus Anniversary

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the exodus of the "refugee children" from Aegean Macedonia, and for the first time ever, their demands have been endorsed by the Macedonian government.
By Risto Karajkov.




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