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An Unfinished Story
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An Unfinished Story

Srdja Trifkovic is no stranger to Chronicles readers, many of whom have found his articles commenting on foreign affairs, with particular attention to the Balkans, to be insightful, penetrating, and written with authority.  His latest book, The Krajina Chronicle, provides further confirmation of his extraordinary talent. The book is a history of the Serbian warrior-farmers...

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An Unfinished Story

A review of The Krajina Chronicle: A History of Serbs in Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia • by Srdja Trifkovic • Chicago: The Lord Byron Foundation • 250 pp., $20.00 Srdja Trifkovic is no stranger to Chronicles readers, many of whom have found his articles commenting on foreign affairs, with particular attention to the Balkans, to ...

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Honor Killings in Canada

As Canadians were preparing for the Christmas season, they were shocked to learn that Aqsa Parvez, a 16-year-old Muslim girl from the Toronto area, was strangled to death by her devout father, a cab driver of Pakistani origin.  It appears her crime was a refusal to wear the traditional hijab when she was not at...

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Kosovo in the Crosshairs

Serbian voters have approved a new constitution that, among other things, reaffirms Serbian sovereignty over Kosovo, which, since the NATO bombing of 1999, has been administered by the United Nations with the help of NATO troops.  The referendum’s passage will further complicate the efforts of Western policy-makers to grant independence to Kosovo since to do...

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End of Liberal Party Rule

Stephen Harper, a 43-year-old politician from Calgary, became the leader of the newly formed right-wing Canadian Alliance in 2002. One year later, he managed to unite his party with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the Conservative Party of Canada. On January 23, 2006, Mr. Harper—against all odds—brought an end to 12 years of Liberal...

Learning From Canada’s Mistakes
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Learning From Canada’s Mistakes

Since his appointment as Canadian ambassador to the United States, Frank McKenna has spent many hours trying to assure Americans that none of the September 11 hijackers came from Canada.  This is, of course, true, but it would be wrong to assume that Canada’s “War on Terror” has been error-free.  In fact, some of the...

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Displaying Moral Outrage

Canadian officials have been badgering the United States for deporting Syrian Maher Arar from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in October 2002.  The Canadian government, however, is not entitled to display such moral outrage.  Mr. Arar was removed from the United States for alleged terrorist connections.   Because he held both Canadian and...