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The article highlights the Southeastern European country, Kosovo. Topics include its emergence from the Ottoman Empire and eventually Serbia at the end of World War I; its current political and government status; and presence of vast majority of ethnicities including Albanian, with smaller numbers of Serbs, Roma, and Bosnians.

Assesses the performance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Changes in the alliance; Operational challenges and problems faced by the alliance; Missile defense and security strategy of the alliance; Enlargement of NATO.

Focuses on the National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Economic interdependence between United States and Europe; Security challenges faced by NATO as it enters the 21st century; Status of NATO in the 1999; Development of the Operation Allied Force; Lessons from the Balkan conflicts; Preparations for the 21st century.

Interviews General Wesley Clark, commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), concerning the use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons by NATO during the wars in Kosovo and Bosnia. Views of Clark on the issue over the illness of Italian and other soldiers said to be exposed to the DU weapons used by NATO; Analysis on the issue concerning the effects of DU; Why NATO warned soldiers during the Kosovo war to be careful around DU weapons.

Focuses on General Wesley K. Clark's remarks regarding the need to restructure the United States Army. Transformation effort to make the Army's fighting forces more rapidly deployable and lethal; Adoption of a strategy to prepare for two major regional contingencies; Need for the U.S. Army to be versatile, ready, flexible and willing.

The article comments on the emergence of hybrid cultures, a fact of life caused by the increased migration of people from poor countries to satisfy the labor requirements of the advanced world's shrinking and aging population. The global penetration of the mass media also plays a role in the assignment of value to migration and the emergence of hybrid cultures.