NYT: With Karadzic’s Arrest, Europe Sees Triumph - by Steven Erlanger and Stephen Castle

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With Karadzic’s Arrest, Europe Sees Triumph - by Steven Erlanger and Stephen Castle

Europe on Tuesday welcomed the arrest of Radovan Karadzic not just as a victory for international justice, but as a vindication of the Continent’s favored political doctrine: soft power. “This is a big success for Europe,” Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, said on Tuesday after meeting his European Union counterparts here, the group’s headquarters. Europeans have certainly had to wait to claim success. Mr. Karadzic escaped capture for more than a decade, and two other genocide suspects — notably Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general — remain at large. At the same time, the political situation in Belgrade remains precarious in the aftermath of Kosovo’s declaration of independence in February, which has enraged many Serbs. But Europe’s approach has worked.