The Myth of Ethnic Conflict: Chap 13 - Diplomatic Institute

510 Maria Todorova
99. The quote is from one of the ultranationalist newspapers, Zora, 28 January
1992. Cited in Konstantinov, “‘Nation-State’ and ‘Minority’ Types of Discourse,
p. 77.
100. Modeva.
101. Konstantinov, “‘Nation-State’ and ‘Minority’ Types of Discourse,” p. 81.
102. Excerpt from Henry Kissinger’s book, Diplomacy (New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1994); published in Time, 14 March 1994, p. 76.
103. For an account of the work of European institutions in the postwar period
on the problem of ethnic minorities, see Rudolf Kern, “Europäische Institutionen
und Minderheiten,” in Schwamm, ed., pp. 61–77.
104. In this respect, see the ill-begotten initiative of French Prime Minister
Edouard Baladur for signing a pact on European stability. This project,
initiated in June 1993, although pro forma pan-European with the participation
of the United States and Canada, was actually supposed to deal
only with East Central and Eastern Europe, “the countries whose relations
are not yet stabilized by their association with one of the great European
political formations.” While verbally committed to the inviolability of
frontiers, the plan in fact envisaged the possibility of border changes. It
also clearly showed a switch to the collective interpretation of minority
rights. Preliminary discussions with all East European representatives who
objected vehemently to the double standard virtually have invalidated the
initiative. It is significant, however, that while France advocates collective
rights of minorities as applied to Central and Eastern Europe, it has opposed
this approach for the whole continent (see France’s stand at the
Copenhagen conference of 1990, described in Kern, p. 68).
105. Questions arise about the future of the Serbs in Bosnia. Are they going to
be allowed to step into a confederation (even if not seen as a possible step
for unification) with Serbia proper, as the latest information from the
White House seems to indicate? What will the attitude toward the Kosovo
Albanians be were they to demand a confederative status with Tirana at a
later date? And the Albanians in Macedonia? And if the same happens to
the Hungarians in Slovakia or in Romania? And all the Russians living in
the former republics of the USSR?
106. 168 chasa, 26 September 1993.
107. Standart, 18 October 1993.
108. In this respect, see the articles in the section on “Ethnic Relations and the
Economy” in Aspekti na etnokulturnata situatsiya v Bîlgariya, vol. 1, pp.
197–279.
109. John Rex, “Ethnic Mobilization in a Multicultural Society,” Innovation in
Social Sciences Research 5, 3 (1992): 72.
110. Georgieva, p. 74.
111. On identity diffusion and foreclosure, see Rex, p. 66.