The Slovenian-Croatian Confederal Proposal: A Tactical Move or an Ultimate Solution?

Citation

Jovic D (2007) The Slovenian-Croatian Confederal Proposal: A Tactical Move or an Ultimate Solution?. In: Cohen LJ & Dragović-Soso J (eds.) State Collapse in South-Eastern Europe: New Perspectives on Yugoslavia's Disintegration. Central European Studies. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, pp. 249-280. http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/titles/format/9781557534606

Abstract
First paragraph: On October 2, 1990, the political leaderships of both Slovenia and Croatia officially proposed a new confederal agreement to the four other republics of the Yugoslav federation. If it had been accepted, the proposed Yugoslav confederation (or the Union of Yugoslav States that the proposal suggested as an alternative), would have turned Yugoslavia into a loose association of independent states, each of which would be recognized as a sovereign state—both by other members of the confederation and in the sense of international law.

Keywords
Disintegration of Yugoslavia; Slovenia; Croatia; Post-Yugoslav politics; Croatia; Slovenia; Federal government Yugoslavia; Croatia Politics and government 1990; Former Yugoslav republics History