http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/ sex and politics Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:40:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-131829 Global Voices Online » Croatia, Slovenia: Border Dispute and the EU Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:10:33 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-131829 [...] when Slovenia effectively blocked the continuation of Croatian EU accession negotiations” - here and here. Posted by Veronica Khokhlova  Print version Share [...] […] when Slovenia effectively blocked the continuation of Croatian EU accession negotiations” - here and here. Posted by Veronica Khokhlova  Print version Share […]

]]> http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-127925 The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back | SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:11:21 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-127925 [...] Today a bit more on the Slovene-Croat diplomatic crash whichhappened shortly before new year, when Slovenia effectively blocked the continuation of [...] […] Today a bit more on the Slovene-Croat diplomatic crash whichhappened shortly before new year, when Slovenia effectively blocked the continuation of […]

]]> http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-127547 “Lik i djelo” of Comrade Janša | SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:27:48 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-127547 [...] feast, but it seems that it was worth it. I was about to deliver the skinny on Slovene-Croat storm in a teacup, but something much better emerged [...] […] feast, but it seems that it was worth it. I was about to deliver the skinny on Slovene-Croat storm in a teacup, but something much better emerged […]

]]> http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-122858 lisa Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:16:07 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-122858 A glass (or many) of medica sounds like a pretty good idea right about now. A glass (or many) of medica sounds like a pretty good idea right about now.

]]> http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-122840 Dr.ARF Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:09:28 +0000 http://www.pengovsky.com/2008/12/24/a-storm-in-a-teacup/#comment-122840 I'd like to come back to your last paragraph, in which you say "One would think we never shared a country."I nterestingly, I saw an intriguing documentary on the Partisan vs. Ustaše part of WWII and the Bleiburg massacre last week. One thing in the docu stood out in terms of what you're saying : the Yugoslav union worked, but in order for it to work, certain things were swept under the mat (like the Bleiburg massacre). In very much the same way, the territorial differences and disputes between the former YU member states have kept festering under the surface, as was evidenced by the seccession of Slovenia and Croatia and the ensuing wars. It would, sadly enough, be foolish to think that the buck stopped there. It may be a storm in a tea cup, but it still exists in a very real way in the minds and hearts of nationalists and without taking sides here, I feel governments on either side should do well to tread carefully in such issues to make sure this storm stays in the aforementioned tea cup and does not escalate. When governments have a dick measuring contest, it's always their constituents who end up paying for it... I’d like to come back to your last paragraph, in which you say “One would think we never shared a country.”I nterestingly, I saw an intriguing documentary on the Partisan vs. Ustaše part of WWII and the Bleiburg massacre last week. One thing in the docu stood out in terms of what you’re saying : the Yugoslav union worked, but in order for it to work, certain things were swept under the mat (like the Bleiburg massacre). In very much the same way, the territorial differences and disputes between the former YU member states have kept festering under the surface, as was evidenced by the seccession of Slovenia and Croatia and the ensuing wars. It would, sadly enough, be foolish to think that the buck stopped there. It may be a storm in a tea cup, but it still exists in a very real way in the minds and hearts of nationalists and without taking sides here, I feel governments on either side should do well to tread carefully in such issues to make sure this storm stays in the aforementioned tea cup and does not escalate. When governments have a dick measuring contest, it’s always their constituents who end up paying for it…

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