Ambassador Ahrens participated from the start in efforts to mediate conflict in the former Yugoslavia. He had the unusual advantage of knowing Yugoslavia well (which other mediators did not) and speaking Serbo-Croatian. The study should provoke renewed interest, and perhaps debate, about the actions of the major figures in the drama. -- Paul Shoup, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia Geert Ahrens spent a decade as a top diplomat negotiating peace in the former Yugoslavia. He has written a superb memoir of European and American diplomacy beginning with the fruitless effort to head off the violent break up of Yugoslavia in 1991 through the Croatia and Bosnia peace negotiations in the first half of the 1990s and culminating in the Kosova War in 1999. Candid and lucidly written, Diplomacy on the Edge is an important contribution to the history of the Balkans in the 1990s by a professional diplomat who helped shape that history. -- Peter W. Galbraith, US Ambassador to Croatia 1993-1998
Geert-Hinrich Ahrens is a German diplomat. He has been Ambassador to Vietnam and to Colombia; from 1992 to 1996 he was ambassador-at-large to the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. He was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2002-2003.
Recommended to anyone who wants to learn about ethnic minorities and the general problems of the former Yugoslavia and those who want an insider's account on diplomacy in the Balkans region. -- Fotis Mavromatidis Journal of Contemporary European Studies Ahrens is a career specialist whose extensive familiarity with the region lends a certain scholarly substance to this volume. Choice An important contribution to the literature, particularly because of its comprehensive treatment of mediation efforts during the recent Balkan conflicts and the attention given to the fate of minorities. -- Victor Peskin Slavic Review Ahren's book reflects excellent scholarship and deserves a broad readership in the field of international relations. -- Reneo Lukic Canadian Slavonic Papers
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