The Serbs here will be able to vote freely and choose democratic leaders this autumn. We will be able to work with each other as democrats. The integrated command-field experience is invaluable for the new NATO that has been made possible, and necessary, by the end of the Cold War, Ralston says. He has worked subtly but consistently to raise the European profile within NATO at a time when European Union leaders are demanding more responsibility in defense. Ethnic hostility is still intense, especially in the town of Mitrovica.
Economic progress is elusive.
But Kosovo seems to wear its political limbo more easily as time passes. A referendum resulting in Montenegrin independence could come by June. Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica has indicated he will accept a peaceful disunion with Montenegro.