Some opponents of Mr. Milosevic, who has thrived throughout his 11-year rule by fomenting crises, fear that with Kosovo effectively now policed by the West and its ethnic Albanian guerrillas lying low in winter snows, he will use the lull to provoke a confrontation with Montenegro.
The move is also a sign of how far the North's leader may be prepared to go to foment crisis on the peninsula, given that a prolonged closure would deprive his regime of an important source of hard currency.
Lichtman ably explains the impeachment mechanism, describes past presidencies that have fomented crises, and even outlines ways in which "impeachment traps" can be laid.
Musa Ahmed, a human rights activist, accused "the security apparatus" of fomenting the crisis.
Ivanov has, however, received support from Moscow, which accuses outside forces of fomenting the crisis.
Just three years ago, new in office, Kim tested her by fomenting a crisis in March and April.
Recent research by Hyun Song Shin, an economist at Princeton University, has focused on the European role in fomenting the crisis.
Total-return swaps — part of a family of financial derivatives that played a role in fomenting the crisis — are used to achieve similar results.
Ukraine's interim Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council and blamed Russia for fomenting the crisis.
