Independent Kosovo: A Threat for the Balkan Region?

Branislav Radeljic

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Both political and security future of the Balkans highly depend on the conditions in a newly created state of Kosovo. Bearing in mind the ethnic Albanian leadership declared unilateral independence in February 2008 and without providing the Serbian minority with durable solution, this paper aims at exploring three possible scenarios following the Kosovo independence. It combines both sides' positions offering wider understanding why each of them feels entitled to the Kosovo's territory and what are the risks if that territory remains only in one side's hands. The three puzzling questions presented in this paper, supported by the concepts from different thinkers (Cox, Buzan, Wæver) are arguably among the least discussed ones in contemporary discourse about Kosovo's future.

Keywords: Kosovo; independence; Serbs; Albanians; Macedonia; Bosnia; EU (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z00 Z19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-11
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