[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] ECMI Brief: Minorities and Montenegrin Independence

[Agron Alibali]

  Subject: [balkans] ECMI Brief: Minorities and Montenegrin Independence

THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF MINORITIES IN THE
MONTENEGRIN DISPUTE OVER INDEPENDENCE
Florian Bieber
ECMI Brief # 8
March 2002

http://www.ecmi.de/doc/public_issue.html#b8

The dispute of Montenegrin independence in recent years has largely stayed clear of ethnic connotations.
The protracted nature of the dispute does, however, pose a number of threats for minorities in Montenegro
and the border area. A particular danger arises from the deliberate mobilization of such fears by the media
and political parties. The overall number of anti-minority incidents in Montenegro over the past
years has been altogether small in comparison to most neighbouring countries. Given the fact that the prime
political divisions in Montenegro do not follow ethnic lines, there is additional reason to believe that a
repetition of violent interethnic tensions, as has been the case in most countries of the region, can be
avoided in Montenegro. The fundamental divide between supporters of Yugoslavia and of an independent
Montenegro has, however, run the risk of also adversely affecting interethnic relations in the country. 


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