Kosovo

Greed and Grievance – a complementary approach While many scholars dealing with the academic or policy implication of this debate align themselves with either the greed or grievance camp, others believe that it is the combination of the two that has the biggest explanatory power when it comes to exploring the motives behind intra-state conflict. As highlighted by Murshed and Tadjoeddin (2007: 24), “grievances can be present without greed, but it is difficult to sustain greedy motives without…

ultra-nationalist Slobodan Milošević rose to power. Previously a communist, Milošević began harnessing the regions nationalism and religious hatred citing the aim of a ‘Greater Serbia’. Tensions between Serbs and Muslims became inflamed in areas such as Kosovo, an independent province. Yugoslavia became further divided as Serbs felt even as the country’s largest ethnic group, their needs weren’t being met. Proving difficult to establish a government, the new constitution failed to form a…

until true accounts like this surfaced. I wish the stories were just urban legend. There are also stories that involve kidnapped children as well as adults. In Albania, doctors working for a terrorist group were taking organs from Serbs kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija. The bodies were dumped in an abandoned mine shaft and in a swamp (“Illegal Organ”). Recently a woman in Nepal was burned to death for attempting to steal a child intended for the organ trade. A number of children have gone…

ROLE PLAY - ALBANIA LINK TO THE COUNTRIES UNDER CONSIDERATION From 1994-1992 Albania had a government structure which had characteristics features of the rule in China, Soviet Union and Germany. The country was then known as the People's Socialist Republic of China(1976-1991) and the form of government existing in the nation was Single-Party Marxist-Leninist Hoxhaist Socialistic republic under totalitarian dictatorship. Albania's rulers implemented elements of the Stalinist economic system in…

In June 1914, a Serbian nationalist assassinated him and his wife while they were in Sarajevo, Bosnia which was part of Austria-Hungary. This was in protest to Austria-Hungary having control of this region. Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia. Thus began the expansion of the war to include all those involved in the mutual…

Ghandi's campaign for independence went on, with his encouragement of peaceful protest and criticism of British administration and taxes. In 1921, Ghandi called for all Indians to boycott paying taxes on farming tools to the British, a strategy to have a negative effect on the economy. His non-cooperation campaign, despite its nonviolent aims, periodically became violent, and Ghandi was imprisoned in 1922 for instigating the movement. He was released two years later. The movement, however, was…

Executive Summary As people have shoved from industrialism to informational system, establishments haverevised to the new atmosphere of express change, pervasive use of IT and communication technology, and fast admittance to knowledge. As a consequence, societal structures and managerial forms have rehabilitated. Adding to that, new generation is entering the workforce, popularly called as Gen-Y, and is basically geeks in technology. Unlike other generation, Gen Y has…