The Independence of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and the revival of the Macedonian question

Abstract

The Balkan Peninsula was one of the hot spots that saw the most destructive nationalist conflicts since the late nineteenth century. In the 1990s, many conflict that remained their long slumber during the Cold War came to the fore one again with the removal of the block disciplines. Macedonia is among them and merits attention in that it constitutes a eepicenter of a new Balkan turmoil blast of which may drag the Balkans in a general war. The study aims at examining the parallels between the past and present forms of the Macedonian question in terms of its belligerents, their reference points on on which they base their policies toward Macedonia, and approachment of the great powers toward the problem