Noel Malcolm
Response
Jan/Feb
1999
Aleksa Djilas claims that the ethnic hatreds in Kosovo are ancient, that an independent Kosovo would join Albania, and that Kosovars have no national identity. He is wrong on all counts. Plus, Djilas responds to Malcolm and others.
Review Essay
Sep/Oct
1998
Noel Malcolm's history of Serbia's flashpoint province is marred by his sympathies for its ethnic Albanian separatists, anti-Serbian bias, and illusions about the Balkans.
Response
Nov/Dec
1995
Responding to Charles G. Boyd on the Balkan crisis, author Noel Malcolm, professor Norman Cigar, and journalist David Rieff argue the Serbs bear the primary guilt; William E. Odom sees an opportunity that nato must seize; Boyd replies.
Essay
Mar/Apr
1995
Advocates of "Europe" -- a united, federal European state -- tout their project as at once a noble political ideal and a pragmatic economic strategy. Both arguments are wrong. The European Union's bureaucrats will stifle the continent's economy, and its politicos will breed corruption and nationalist resentment. Letting the EU handle security matters would be equally disastrous, as the fiasco in Bosnia demonstrates. Despite all this, the partisans of "Europe" warn the skeptical that the train is pulling out of the station. Those who care about Europe will let it go.
