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A Word on Kosovo’s First Ten Years

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  • Austin Robert C.

    (CERES – Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto ON M5S3K7, Canada)

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Kosovo celebrated ten years of fraught independence in February. While there were some good reasons to celebrate, Kosovo still hovers between a failed and a functioning state. Its main economic indicators are extremely bad with no signs of improving. Unemployment, particularly among its youth, is feeding an ongoing brain drain. The legacy of the United Nations Mission (UNMIK) and now the European Union Mission (EULEX) is mixed, but neither was successful in creating the conditions for Kosovo to function as a normal state. Agreements between Belgrade and Prishtina to provide more rights to the Serb communities especially in the north have undermined Kosovo’s sovereignty. Now, the buzz in Prishtina speaks of a territorial swap between Serbia and Kosovo that would pave the way for mutual recognition. The domestic elite have proven more interested in short term survival and profit than in making historic progress. A stale consensus prevails that maybe this is the best that can be hoped for.

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  • Austin Robert C., 2018. "A Word on Kosovo’s First Ten Years," Comparative Southeast European Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 66(2), pages 272-281, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:soeuro:v:66:y:2018:i:2:p:272-281:n:7
    DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2018-0019
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