Rejecting the Dark Ages

The death of Zoran Djindjic has triggered concerns that Serbia will reenter a "Dark Age" like the time when Milosevic held power. Can the dominant thugs and mafia there be destroyed?

March 18, 2003

IN developing countries, or in those that have just been "reborn" as democratic states, the leader is very important. He is a symbol and a source of inspiration for his people who want to have a part in nation-building. That is why the death of Zoran Djindjic, the Serbian Prime Minister, who was callously murdered last Wednesday, is a sad loss for the world. It is not just because he was a symbol of hope for building democracy in t

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