ABSTRACT
A sanctions regime is a much better mechanism for conflict resolution than military intervention. This is true not only because sanctions are nonviolent and conducive to peace politics and common security, but because they could be an appropriate way to teach people democracy and tolerance in cases where positive incentives are not sufficient. Unfortunately, however, this is not how sanctions work today or how they were used in the former Yugoslavia. For pragmatists seeking to end the war in the former Yugoslavia and to get rid of present and future Milosevic, it was extremely difficult to fight against the advocates of militant nationalism and right wing ideology when repression was perpetuated against everyone living in Serbia. The Milosevic regime in Serbia was helping Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina fight for their political and military goals. The experience of sanctions in Serbia and Montenegro proves that sanctions must be applied more discriminately to hit the intended target.
