Thrust into the midst of the debate over the Iraq war due to its position on the Security Council, Bulgaria in 2003 struggled to find a balance between competing interests, while at home the government led by Bulgaria’s former king struggled with its inability to meet the outsized expectations that swept the party into power in 2001.

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