ABSTRACT
In chapter 6 I investigate more fully the international dimension to the Yugoslav crisis. We have seen that for critical approaches the international community remained within the ‘traditional’ state-centric security framework in which it is argued that states took a traditional national interest view of limited responsibility in which the priority was to establish stability and peace rather than a ‘just’ settlement. In this narrative, the international community remained reactive and pursued a neutral policy between the parties, treating all parties to the conflict as legitimate and attempting to reach a political settlement through truces and ceasefires (for example).
