Balkan security : Recent developments and prospects for the future
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.27, No.1, 1986, pages 173-181
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By the early 1980s, the once monolithic southern flanks of the WarsawPact and NATO had evolved into an impressively diverse region; the twoNATO members are in a constant posture of confrontation with each other; the two Warsaw Pact countries display important differences in their foreignpolicy attitudes; and the two states that remain outside the alliance systemsare engaged in a profound minority dispute (Kossovo).The INF question contributed to a renewed interest in a Balkan nuclear-free zone. In this context the first Conference of Experts of the Balkancountries was convened in Athens in January and February 1984.Another source of concern throughout the Balkans is the fate of minorities.In this connection, significant gaps between the birth rates of majoritiesand of minorities may become an important long-term factor influencing both the degree of change and the intensity of the problem.
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