The Balkan crises of the 1990s were harbingers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503102.html"

Link: John McLaughlin - Russia's Challenge - washingtonpost.com.

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"The Balkan crises of the 1990s were harbingers; when empires collapse, something has to fill the vacuum, and it usually challenges the status quo or brings an element of unpredictability...."

(((Hey wait – he's right. The Balkan crises of the 1990s WERE harbingers.
I can hardly wait to get back there and eat some burek.)))