No single person has done as much to shape the history of the Balkans in the past dozen years, and no single person has as much to answer for in the court of historical judgment.

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This is the lesson of history -- from Northern Ireland to the Balkans, from Camp David to Aceh -- that with leaders of courage and vision, compromise is possible, and conflicts can be ended.

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Yet the tradition of welcoming persecuted fellow Muslims from the Balkans has an even longer history.

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And we can expect trouble in the Balkans from Russia, which, going well back into history, has regarded itself as protector of the Serbs.

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