The breakup of Yugoslavia and the de facto secession of Kosovo-Metohia from Serbia mark a significant episode in the post-Cold War struggle between three major world-historical forces: US-led globalization, jihad, and the old nation-state system.  These three forces are the current expressions of the three civilizations that have competed for pre-eminence in the Balkan peninsula for a thousand years: the West, Islam, and the Orthodox East. 

Ten years ago NATO bombed Serbia, illegally and without provocation. The anniversary did not gain much media attention in the West, nor was it celebrated by those NATO countries that took part because it was not an episode of which any of them should  be proud.