Long Reads: Serbia After Milošević

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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During the 1990s, the government of Slobodan Milošević led Serbia into another Balkan war. His allies in Bosnia were responsible for a litany of war crimes, including the massacre at Srebrenica. The war left Serbia itself isolated and impoverished. A protest movement drove Milošević from power in 2000.

Two decades later, Serbia has a president who served under Milošević and supported the wars in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Where is Serbia going under the rule of Aleksandar Vučić?

Lily Lynch, an American journalist who’s been reporting from Belgrade over the last decade, joins to discuss. She’s the editor of Balkanist magazine and she’s written for publications such as New Left Review and the New Statesman.

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Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by features editor Daniel Finn. Produced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.

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0:43.0	The Jacobin Podcast where we look in depth of political topics and thinkers.
0:47.2	My name's Daniel Finn and the features editor here at Jacobin and I'll be presenting the show. This tune was originally composed during the
0:56.6	first World War to celebrate a Serbian victory over the Austro-Hungarian forces. It's called the March on the Drina and this rendition comes from a
1:06.3	1964 movie about the battle. The March on the Drina became a popular tune for international musicians to cover
1:14.8	from Cheat Atkins to the Shadows.
1:17.6	One version by the big band leader James Last
1:20.5	should really have been considered another German declaration of war on the people of Serbia. During the
1:35.0	19 90s, the government of Slobdan Milosovich led Serbia into a third Balkan war.
1:41.0	His allies in Bosnia were responsible for a litany of war crimes, including
1:47.3	the massacre at Srebrenica. The war left Serbia itself isolated and impoverished.
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