In the late 1980s, he systemically monitored and analyzed events preceding the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, after which he published his first book Kosovo – bitka bez iluzija (Kosovo – A Battle without Illusions, 1989).
Potkraj 1980-ih sustavno je pratio i analizirao događaje što su prethodili raspadu SFR Jugoslavije, rezultat čega je bila njegova prva knjiga "Kosovo - bitka bez iluzija" (iz 1989.).