Ten years ago, on Oct. 5, Serbia marked one of the most important dates in its recent history — the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic. On that day, the citizens of Serbia turned from its troubled course toward a program that matched the dominant desire for a European future. The Balkan region changed dramatically in the year 2000 with the electoral defeats of both Milosevic and Croatia's President Tudjman, concluding a decade that saw the violent breakdown of Yugoslavia. The Western Balkans embarked on the path of democratic transition and Euroatlantic integration — a tortuous and winding, but uphill, path with very significant results that continued the stabilization and strengthening of the pillars of peace.
Please join the German Marshall Fund for an important discussion about the history, progress and future of the Balkans. The panel will pause at this tenth year marker to take stock as well as gaze into the near future to consider the further Euroatlantic integration work that awaits the region.
Participants:
- Tom Countryman, deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe
- Martin Sletzinger, director of East European studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center
- Kenneth Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute
- Ivan Vejvoda, vice president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States
German Marshall Fund of the United States
1744 R St., NW
Washington, D.C.
11:30 am
RSVP to Elizabeth Wright at 202-683-2682.
