Macedonia’s Bicycle
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James Joyner | Sunday, March 22, 2009 |
There was an old Bill Cosby bit about an uncle who promised him that he’d get a bicycle for Christmas if he’d just be good. Bye and bye, the uncle would find some minor transgression as an excuse and tell him that he’d ruined his changes at the bicycle. Eventually, it dawned on Bill that the uncle never had any intention of buying him a bicycle.
As I explain in my New Atlanticist piece “Macedonia Elections Last Chance for Slim EU Hopes,” Macedonia, or FYROM if you like, is now playing the part of young Cosby with the EU as the mean uncle.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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