From indifference to entrapment: the Netherlands and the by Norbert Both

By Norbert Both

An in depth research of the reaction to the Yugoslav trouble via considered one of America's key allies in NATO. the writer specializes in the query of the way a Western paperwork confronted as much as the main complicated international coverage problem of the Nineteen Nineties. The Netherlands, as a 'pocket-sized medium power', is an engaging case research. whereas the margins for Dutch overseas coverage are constrained, destiny had it that the Netherlands occupied the eu presidency throughout the moment 1/2 1991, whilst the popularity factor divided the West and the parameters for the next overseas intervention within the Balkans have been set. through July 1995, the involvement of the Netherlands had deepened to the level that Dutch troops who came upon themselves trapped within the UN secure zone of Srebrenica including the neighborhood Muslim inhabitants have been not able to avoid the worst bloodbath in Europe because the moment international War.This research relies on interviews with all of the significant gamers, together with former Defence Ministers and former Ministers of international Affairs, and on records from the Netherlands Ministry of overseas Affairs, made to be had lower than the country's personal 'freedom of data act'.

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By Norbert Both

An in depth research of the reaction to the Yugoslav trouble via considered one of America's key allies in NATO. the writer specializes in the query of the way a Western paperwork confronted as much as the main complicated international coverage problem of the Nineteen Nineties. The Netherlands, as a 'pocket-sized medium power', is an engaging case research. whereas the margins for Dutch overseas coverage are constrained, destiny had it that the Netherlands occupied the eu presidency throughout the moment 1/2 1991, whilst the popularity factor divided the West and the parameters for the next overseas intervention within the Balkans have been set. through July 1995, the involvement of the Netherlands had deepened to the level that Dutch troops who came upon themselves trapped within the UN secure zone of Srebrenica including the neighborhood Muslim inhabitants have been not able to avoid the worst bloodbath in Europe because the moment international War.This research relies on interviews with all of the significant gamers, together with former Defence Ministers and former Ministers of international Affairs, and on records from the Netherlands Ministry of overseas Affairs, made to be had lower than the country's personal 'freedom of data act'.

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From indifference to entrapment: the Netherlands and the Yugoslav crisis, 1990-1995

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4. Handel, Weak States in the International System, p. 257. Mark W. Zacher and Richard A. Matthew, ‘Liberal International Theory: Common Threads, Divergent Strands’, in: Charles W. , Controversies in International Relations Theory. Realism and the Neoliberal Challenge (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995), pp. 109-110. See: Mark W. Zacher and Richard A. Matthew, ‘Liberal International Theory: Common Threads, Divergent Strands’, in: Charles W. Kegley, JR. , Controversies in International Relations Theory.

In addition, the economic austerity measures (wage moderation and restraint in public spending) taken by successive governments since the early 1980s began to pay off in the second half of the 1990s. 12 The Foreign Policy System: General Characteristics The Netherlands is a constitutional, parliamentary monarchy. 13 Given that elections are held on the basis of proportional representation, Cabinets are usually comprised of coalitions of two or more political parties. Before they take up office, the coalition partners must draw up a detailed governing agreement, which serves as the basis of the coalition’s policy during its four-year term in office.

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