Students are determined to face off the police and remain on Belgrade's streets longer than the officers, after 49 days of protest against Serbia's President Slobodan Milosevic. Some of the contents of this report, however, remain important regardless of the outcome of the current conflict. Democratic transition in Serbia has been blocked by the Milosevic regime, which remains the major threat to regional stability in the Balkans. This regime has created an atmosphere of fragmentation, fatigue, and fear in Belgrade and Pristina. The United States must develop a consistent and coherent strategy for the Balkans that takes into account the effects that developments in one country or region have on neighboring states.
Important targets are Belgrade and other Serbian cities.
The logo used by Radio B92 after the Serbian republic closed the station on April 2. This report is based on meetings of the United States Institute of Peace's Balkans Working Group and a subgroup working on democratization in Serbia. Ambassador John Menzies , former ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina and currently a senior fellow at the Institute, chairs working group sessions. The opinions and recommendations of the working group sessions on Serbia are summarized by Senior Fellow Daniel Serwer , Program Officer Lauren Van Metre , and Research Assistant Kristine Herrmann, with further research by Intern Jenet Redfern.