NATO's bloody attempt to firewall the Kosova national question has only exacerbated other flash points. Macedonia, with its massively increased Albanian population and Slav majority, is a tinderbox. Outright civil war and break-up of the state is possible, dragging in other states like Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. This would provoke a war between modern armies with tens of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees. The pro-western Montengro government will want to try and break free of Serb government domination.
Civil war can ensue.
A socialist confederation of states in the Balkans is the only way for the various peoples to live harmoniously. To this aim the CWI will continue to advocate workers' unity in the region and work to build solidarity links with the long suffering workers of the Balkans. The rebuilding of the workers' movement in the Balkans is a key task. No trust in NATO's 'deal'. NATO and all imperialist powers out of the Balkans.