Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Janusz Bugajski, director of the CSIS New European Democracies Project, had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal Europe, "Balkan Fix."
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Janusz Bugajski, director of the CSIS New European Democracies Project, had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal Europe, "Balkan Fix."
NATO's summit in Bucharest last week provided limited blessings for the Balkans. Although Albania and Croatia were invited into the alliance, Macedonia was shunted into the waiting room, Serbia remained on the sidelines, and Russia's persistent threats of renewed regional conflict over Kosovo went unchallenged.
Every NATO success in the Balkans seems to unearth a new problem and the Bucharest gathering was no exception. Positive decisions were reached with unanimous support for Croatia's and Albania's accession, as both countries have achieved the standards necessary for membership. In other favorable moves, Montenegro and Bosnia obtained Individual Partnership Action Plans and Intensified Dialogues to prepare them for future NATO entry. Read the article
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