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The Guardian said that "Russia's anger over NATO's recent actions in the Balkans is in many ways justified and since it is not understood, is the more likely to have broad, negative consequences for the West's dealings with Boris Yeltsin and, more particularly, his successors."
In an editorial on the G-8 summit in Cologne, Germany, the Times said world leaders "should stick to the hard stuff," such as the Balkans and Third World debt relief, rather than introduce a new topic, education--"an interloper that risks distracting leaders from urgent matters and perverts the purpose of these summits"--to their discussions.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta said there is a possibility Russia will send troops into the Balkans in extreme circumstances.
After years of war in the Balkans, the United States had finally committed itself to significant military intervention in 1995-1996.
Offered the post of assistant secretary of state for European affairs, a job he considered beneath his dignity, he took it for the sake of directing American diplomatic efforts in the Balkans.