Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 1st, 1999
The NATO bombings of Yugoslavia, in response to human rights violations in the Kosovo area, represent the last war of one era and the beginning of another era. It was a war that confirmed the growing power of globalization and the fading idea that countries can do anything they want within their own borders.
RIGHT ON CUE, JUST AS THE MILlennial midnight was about to strike, NATO entered a new legal and strategic world. The battle for Kosovo was both the result of global pressures that have been building for a decade now, and a precedent for a future that is only dimly perceived.
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