... which was able to contain competing nationalisms, though certainly at the expense of self-determination and human rights. In the wake of communism rule, the states of Eastern Europe have undergone some transition. After the revolutions of 1989 swept Eastern Europe, a sense of new possibility entered Yugoslavian political life (drawing comparisons with the first period of Balkan nationalism). All elements felt confident that they could throw off ... divisions in the area and thus help to the instability of the region. The sources of ethnic tension in Eastern Europe are far more complex t...

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