Kosovo: The Path to Contested Statehood in the Balkans (Library of European Studies) - Softcover

James Ker-Lindsay

 
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Synopsis

In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. Was this the final chapter in the break-up of Yugoslavia and the successful conclusion to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s? Or was it just one more wrong turn in the path to stability in the Balkans which has set a dangerous precedent for regional conflict throughout the world? When the UN Security Council authorised negotiations to determine the final status of Kosovo in October 2005, most observers confidently expected the Serbian province to become an independent state by the end of the following year. However, the process did not go as planned. James Ker-Lindsay here charts the course of the status process from 2005 to the present and analyses how and why it went so very wrong. This clear and perceptive account will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the recent history of the Balkans or in international conflict resolution.

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About the Author

James Ker-Lindsay is Eurobank EFG Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. His previous books include Crisis and Conciliation: A Year of Rapprochement between Greece and Turkey (I.B.Tauris), An Island in Europe: The EU and the Transformation of Cyprus (co-edited with Hubert Faustmann and Fiona Mullen, I.B.Tauris), EU Accession and UN Peacemaking in Cyprus, and New Perspectives on Yugoslavia: Key Issues and Controversies (co-edited with Dejan Djokic).

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ISBN 10:  1848850123 ISBN 13:  9781848850125
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2009
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