This report examines the reasons Slobodan Milosevic, the then president of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, decided on June 3, 1999, to accept NATO's conditions for …

This book aims to examine the conditions under which the decision to use force can be
reckoned as legitimate in international relations. Drawing on communicative action theory, it …

Why some democratic revolutions succeed while others fail? The scholarly community has
sought to address this issue from various perspectives, from rational choice approaches to …

S ince the latter years of the cold war, strong democratic revolutionary movements seeking
the overthrow of authoritarian regimes have arisen in many countries. Such movements …

The author takes the 20th anniversary of the NATO intervention as a starting point to reflect
on the commemorations of 24 March 1999, distinguishing three phases of memory politics …

While the fall of Milosevic on 5 October 2000 was a turning point for the Yugoslav people, it
also has far reaching implications for regional developments in the Balkans. Milosevic was …

The war in Kosovo has had different kinds of impact on the population of Yugoslavia and on
most Serbs. Obviously the NATO bombing inflicted much suffering among the civilian …

This case study supposes that the Kosovo War can best be explained by the application of a
constructivist approach to international relations. The case made here, based on the …

As an operational planner, it is important to understand the tools available to plan and
execute successful military operations. One such tool is deception. It can affect the …

The stability of non-democratic regimes in the face of democratizing pressures has been one
of the growth areas of political science research over the last decade and a half. Despite the …