On the Balkans

Official Policy and News Sites

The following links are official government or international organization home pages created specifically to provide comprehensive information, both historical and current, on the former Yugoslav republics. You will find news releases, briefing transcripts, maps, fact sheets, and other information at these sites:

• BosniaLINK from the Department of Defense
• Dayton Peace Accords from NATO
• Establishing a Durable Peace in the Balkans from the Department of State
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
• Kosovo from the Department of State
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Operation Allied Force from the Pentagon
• Operation Joint Endeavour (IFOR) from NATO
• Task Force Eagle from U. S. Army
• United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
• U.S. Air Forces in Europe Web Site

Government Publications

Information on the former Yugoslav republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro) can be found in the following U.S. government publications online:

• After IFOR: Maintaining a Fragile Peace in the Balkans
  WOO Docs D 5.417:62
• Bosnia: Peace by Piece
  WOO Docs D 5.417:81
• Bosnia : Should the OSCE Certify Conditions Exist for Free and Fair Elections?
  WOO Docs Y 4.SE 2:104-2-13
• Bosnia: So Far, So Good
  WOO Docs D 2.15/4:11/5
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
  WOO Docs Y 4.IN 8/16-15:
• Erasing History : Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo
  WOO Docs S 1.2:K 84
• The IFOR/SFOR Experience : Lessons Learned by PFP Partners
  WOO Docs D 5.417:120
• Information Operations in Bosnia
  WOO Docs D 5.417:91
• NATO from Berlin to Bosnia : Trans-Atlantic Security
  WOO Docs Microfiche D 5.416:35
• Peace Watch
  WOO Docs Y 3.P 31:15-2/
• Serbian Nationalism and the Origins of the Yugoslav Crisis
  WOO Docs Y 3.P 31:19/no.8
• Sources of Balkan Insecurity
  WOO Docs D 5.417:150
• U. S. Department of State Dispatch
  WOO Docs S 1.3/5:
• U. S. Hopes for NATO's European Security Role
  WOO Docs D 2.15/4:11/52
• United States Institute of Peace Reports
  (multiple titles available online)
• Which End-Game in Bosnia?
  WOO Docs D 5.417:16
• The World Factbook from the Central Intelligence Agency
  WOO Doc. Ref. PREX 3.15:
  WOO Doc. Ref. Electronic PREX 3.15/2:
• Yugoslavia, A Country Study (1992)
  WOO Docs D 101.22:550-99/992

Government Sites

The agencies or committees listed here deal with various concerns about the Balkan states and may provide links to other publications or information on the situation in the former Yugoslavia:

• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• House Committee on International Relations
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• State Department

The Balkan Perspective

For a different view of the events and situation in Kosovo, Bosnia, and the other former Yugoslav republics, you can explore one of the following links:

• Beta News Agency
• Kosova Press
• Montenet
• Serbian Government

Other Sources of Information

• Kosovo - Government Documents in the News from the University of Michigan
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty