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In 2000, Slobodan Milošević was ousted and the rump Yugoslavia, including Serbia and Montenegro, was set to return to international society by embarking on a path to liberal democracy and European integration.
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Ejdus, F. (2020). Critical Situation: Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence. In: Crisis and Ontological Insecurity . Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20667-3_5
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