Publication

This briefing analyzes the Macedonian crisis in 2001. It covers the period from the signing of a political agreement by the contending parties on 13 August 2001 through the start of the NATO mission to collect the Albanian National Liberation Army's arms, to the 6 September 2001 agreement by Macedonia’s parliament to begin consideration of the promised constitutional and legislative reforms. It focuses on the still tangled and unsettled internal Macedonian political scene and on the international community’s need to address the country's security situation.