ABSTRACT
The direction of civil-military relations in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) until the end of 2003 was determined by the numerous situational circumstances and policies of participants of different backgrounds and uneven strength.1 Parties from the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) coalition have ruled the local political scene since the ousting of Miloševi¼. These parties were largely responsible for introducing the war and authoritarianism to the political scene, creating obstacles to changing civil-military relations. The ongoing disputes within DOS concealed the fundamental reasons for the lack of pro-democratic intervention of the new authorities in the civilmilitary domain. Numerous military and police incidents and affairs that marked the post-October 2000 period in the former FRY testify to this account.
