The United States policy toward the Balkans: A Dossier

Key U.S. Policy Priorities

Key Issues of U.S. interest in Southeast Europe Matthew Rhodes, a professor of national security studies at the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, answered questions in a January 19 USINFO webchat on key issues in Southeast Europe for 2007.

Projected Future Status of Kosovo “Resolving Kosovo's future status in a way that also brings Serbia and Montenegro fully into the community of democratic nations is an administration priority that will allow us to advance our goals for the entire region, and put the legacy of the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia firmly in the past,” says Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas R. Burns."Win the Peace" in Balkans, Settle Kosovo Status, U.S. Urges 

The U.S. view on Balkan's War Criminals  “There is no possibility of a normal relationship between the United States and either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia and Montenegro while the major war criminals – Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic – are still at large", says Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas R. Burns.

The U.S. and the EU share the goal of progressively integrating the Balkan countries into the Euro-Atlantic structures, as reaffirmed at the 2004 NATO summit in Istanbul. The values of democracy, the rule of law, respect for human and minority rights, and a market economy constitute the foundations of the Euro-Atlantic community. The pace of integration lies in the hands of the countries of the region." more on US-EU co-operation | The Adriatic Charter

Major US Government Statements

A select list of major statements On the United States and Africa with policy value.

• State’s Fried Opening Remarks on Kosovo’s Independence (2008-03-04)
• Rice Statement on Recognition of Kosovo as Independent State (2008-02-18)
• Revised Kosovo Resolution Submitted to U.N. Security Council (2007-06-20)
• Vote on Independence for Kosovo Should Move Forward, Bush Says (2007-06-10)  
• U.S. To Co-Sponsor Kosovo Resolution in U.N. Security Council (2007-04-17)    

Latest US Government Statements

This is a list of the 5 most recent items in reverse chronological order.

• Volker’s Speech at Heritage Foundation on NATO’s Future (2008-04-10) ...
• NATO-Russia Council Concludes 2008 Bucharest Summit (2008-04-04) ...
• NATO Welcomes Albania and Croatia to Alliance (2008-04-03) ...
• U.S. Supports Albania, Croatia, Macedonia for NATO Membership (2008-03-25) ...
• Statement on Attack in North Mitrovica Courthouse (2008-03-18) ...

US Government Fact Sheets

• Adriatic Charter Reinforces U.S. Support for NATO "Open Door" (2006-04-10)
• United States Recaps Aid to Bosnia-Herzegovina for 1995-2005 (2005-12-12)
• U.S. Recaps 10 Years of Progress After Dayton Peace Accords (2005-11-21)
• United States Outlines Assistance to Moldova -- Fiscal Year 2005 (2005-07-01)
• U.S., EU Cooperate in the Balkans (2005-02-22)