Abstract
Macedonia, the only former Yugoslav republic to avoid violent conflict following the break‐up of Yugoslavia, is a patchwork of ethnic groups. Its largest ethnic minority, the Albanians, constitute 23%. Although relations between the Slav‐Macedonian and Albanian communities have been tense in recent years, Albanian parties have participated in government. At the same time, they have called for recognition as a constituent nation within the republic. However, events in Kosovo have radicalised the minority and also increased concerns among Macedonian Slavs about the future security of their state as the political manifestation of their national group. This article explores the republic's relative stability explaining how it may escape future dismantling, although the Kosovo powder keg spells danger for it.
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