Mapping Macedonia

by Liotta, P. H.

• ISBN13: 9780275982478
• ISBN10: 0275982475
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

Ever sinces its independence in 1991, Macedonia has made remarkable progress towards building a pluralistic, multi-ethnic civil society. Yet if the international community supports the legitimacy of Macedonia as a state it has direct responsibility to anchor its future. No matter what view one subscribes to, one stubborn truth remains: Macedonia cannot achieve success on its own. This book provides observations that offer valuable lessons on this little known but remarkable part of Europe. This work provides a review of the historical basis for Macedonia's identity and its emergence as a separate nation during Socialist Yugoslavia (1944-1991). It takes a detailed look at the events and personalities that lead to the outbreak of civil war in 1991. This book contains aspects of the Ohrid Framework Agreement and perspectives on the contemporary situation following the elections of September 2002. Personal interviews with the first and second presidents of the Repulic of Macedonia are also included.

Author Biography

Cindy R. Jebb is a tenured Academy Professor and Director of Comparative Politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy, West Point.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
The Last Best Hope: The "Future" Republic of Macedonia (A Retrospective, 1991-1999)	1	(22)
Spillover Effect: Aftershocks in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia	23	(34)
Cry, the Imagined Country: Legitimacy and the Fate of Macedonia	57	(36)
Imagining Macedonia	93	(10)
Appendix A An Interview with Kiro Gligorov, First President of the Republic of Macedonia	103	(10)
Appendix B An Interview with Boris Trajkovski, Second President of the Republic of Macedonia	113	(8)
Appendix C The Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and Amendments	121	(42)
Appendix D The Ohrid Framework Agreement	163	(18)
Appendix E U.S. Department of State Press Release: "Ohrid, One Year After"	181	(2)
Index	183