New Macedonian Question

JAMES PETTIFER is Visiting Professor, Institute of Balkan Studies, Thessaloniki, and Research Fellow, European Research Institute, University of Bath. He is a correspondent for The Times, reporting on the southern Balkans. His most recent books include The Turkish Labyrinth and Albania: from Anarchy to a Balkan Identity (with Miranda Vickers).

• List of Maps Preface to the Paperback Edition Abbreviations A Chronology of Key Events in Macedonian History, 1870-1999 Chronology of Events in Yugoslav-Macedonian Relations 1990-8 Notes on the Contributors Introduction; J.Pettifer Former Yugoslavia Macedonia after 1991 Balkan Frontier Changes Involving Macedonia Balkan Frontiers in 1999 PART ONE: THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN MODERN MACEDONIA The Origin of the Macedonian Dispute; E.Barker The New Macedonian Question; J.Pettifer Policy and Economy in Macedonia; J.Reuter Macdonian Identity: An Overview of the Major Claims; K.Drezov IMRO+100=FYROM? Continuities and Discontinuities in Macedonian National Movement in Historical Perspective; S.Troebst Yugoslav and Macedonia in the Years 1991-1996: From Brother to Neighbours; N.Dobrkovic The Unrealistic Dreams of Large States; K.Gligorov PART TWO: ETHNIC MINORITIES Non-Albanian Muslim Minorities in Macedonia; H.Poulton The Vlachs of Macedonia; T.Winnifrith The Albanians of Western Macedonia after FYROM Independence; J.Pettifer Status and Rights of Nationalities in the Republic of Macedonia; G.Caca PART THREE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IMRO Groupings in Bulgaria after the Second World War; I.Nedeva & N.Kaytchev Albania, Macedonia and the British Military Mission in 1943 and 1944; R.Hibbert PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE NEW STATE Engineering the Foreign Policy of a New Independent State: The Case of Macedonia 1990-1996; D.Mircev Greek Policy Considerations over FYROM Independence and Recognition; E.Kofos Macedonia in the Context of Present Day Russian Foreign Policy; N.Smirnova & A.Yashova The Republic of Macedonia, The Regional Setting and European Security: Towards Balkan Stability?; S.Clement Bibliography Index

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