Progress at last?
THIS month the prospects for a durable Bosnian peace are looking less poor than they have done for a long time. President Bill Clinton has hinted that he may, despite opposition from his Congress, allow American troops to stay beyond the middle of next year, which is when NATO's “stabilisation force” is due to withdraw. The Bosnian Serb leadership, which has so far blocked the implementation of the Dayton peace plan, has been weakened by an acrimonious internal power struggle. And now NATO has decided to tackle the problem of war criminals, whose malign, omnipresent influence has impeded efforts to rebuild Bosnia.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Progress at last?”
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