ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes Western involvement in the Balkan wars and crises in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Southern Serbia (Presevo Valley), and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It assesses the changing nature of the transatlantic relationship, and the Allies' ability to adapt to the new challenges posed by the upsurge of geographically limited violent conflicts in the post-Cold War world. The chapter compares and contrasts the US and the EU approaches in coining strategies when confronted with a particular crisis in the Balkans and overseeing the implementation of a stabilization plan. It examines a trajectory of the new transatlantic relationship will be jot down, as well as some reflections on transatlantic crisis management and the Allies' capacity to influence the degree of security and stability in the crises-ridden Balkans. The saga of the transatlantic relationship in the Balkans also pointed out to an alarming tendency towards inertia, improvisation, and adhocery on the part of both the Americans and Europeans.
