We May Need Moscow to Deal with Milosevic

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We May Need Moscow to Deal with Milosevic

By Anatol Lieven

Published on Oct 5, 2000

Source: Carnegie

About the Author

Anatol Lieven

Former Senior Associate

Recent Work

Other
A Spreading Danger: Time for a New Policy Toward Chechnya
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The Hinge to Europe: Don't Make Britain Choose Between the U.S. and the E.U.
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Political Reform Foreign Policy Eastern Europe

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