The Disintegration of Yugoslavia — Serbia and the « Southern Front », by Michel Roux Although the Southern part of ex-Yugoslavia has so far been spared from civil war, it also risks joining in the general disintegration of a country which Serbia would have wished to preserve. Macedonia has seceded peacefully and though it satisfies the conditions of the Badinter Commission for international recognition, this is blocked by Greece. A poor, enclave region, it also has to face the problem of autonomist demands from its Albanian minority. Montenegro on the other hand is preparing to join with Serbia in forming a « third Yugoslavia » for which it would provide the maritime outlet. However this new State would be faced with separatist demands from...