Ilinden, New or North Macedonia: What the world would use

I will not focus on the pros and cons of the name "Ilinden Macedonia" that suddenly entered the spotlight as a possible new name for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

On the one hand, there was the expectation that the name would be accepted by the nationalist opposition in Skopje - which eventually rejected it - and that it would make it harder to confuse Greece's northern neighbor with the Macedonia of antiquity.

On the other hand, there is the irredentist dimension that many in Greece attribute to this particular name, as the Ilinden uprisings aimed at uniting the entire region of Macedonia, including parts of Greece, as well as Bulgaria and even Albania.

I will focus on the range of its use, especially by the international community, which is what should be of greatest interest to us. In other words, what foreigners - governments, and...