NATO should make commitment to maintaining a secure environment, holding war criminals accountable, and helpingBalkan leaders build and sustain democratic institutions and protect human rights.

The alarm in Europe caused by rumors of a possible reduction in the level of U.S. forces in Bosnia shows just how dependent the European Union is on American military assistance.

A decade after communism’s collapse, the countries of Southeast Europe are still struggling to establish market economies and stable democratic systems. The post-Milosevic era offers new perspectives and opportunities. Bulgaria is already a success story. Can it be a model for others? What role should the new U.S. administration...

Retired General Cevik Bir said on Friday that seeking a solution to the problems in the Balkan region was not possible without taking Turkey into account, adding that Turkey has important responsibilities in the region.

A Stability Pact for the Balkans is important, but the real pact has to be for the U.S., its allies, and the region itself to tackle the most difficult and costly problems.

The purpose of the eleven-member delegation was to assess both the political and economic situation in the region and the effects that the war in Kosovo has had on neighboring states.

The New Atlantic Initiative (NAI) organized a June 24ÿ29 fact-finding mission to observe conditions in Kosovo, Montenegro, and Bosnia.

The Balkans return to the headlines this month, as the United States and Europe prepare to launch negotiations to determine whether Kosovo—the breakaway Serbian province over which they went to war in 1999—becomes an independent state.

Can diplomacy at last bring peace and stability to the Balkans, or do negotiations...