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- But What Kind of Multilateralism?
A century ago, nationalism led to the breakup of the imperial world order and World War II dismantled the remaining few empires. Since then, the nation-state system was forced upon much of the world, and more specifically, decolonized parts unready and unable to handle it. Integral to this system was the sovereignty to which [...]
- The Serbian Lone Ranger
1389 still casts a long shadow over the Balkans from Belgrade to Prishtina. Today, The Battle of Kosovo is commemorated in Serbia and to give away the ending, the Serbs lose. Yet, what is the importance of a major loss in a seemingly obscure place and time? After all, Americans celebrate July 4th and not [...]
- Brown Nosing or Policy Change?
Similar to Russia, Serbia has little attractive power and although weak, is always able to play the spoiler in the Balkans. Kosovo is an especially thorny issue which threatens to leave relations between Balkan states poor for years to come. However, in a change of course, Serbia, which has refused to cooperate with the Hague [...]
- The Cost of Kosovo
To the casual visitor in Kosovo, independence is everywhere. Shop owners and taxi drivers wax on about freedom and independence. Every third building is spray painted with Kosovo’s semi-official graffiti saying “Jo Negociata! Vetëvendosje!” meaning “No negotiations! Independence!” On the ground, the province has been operating as a de facto independent state since NATO’s intervention [...]
- Kosovo Update with Pics
Peja, Kosovo
I decided to stay in Peja overnight and take a morning bus to Podgorica, Montenegro where I’ll connect going on to Kotor. Here are a few pics from Kosovo:
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) exhibit in the Pristina museum.
That’s right, welcome to Bill Clinton Blvd.
Prizren’s picturesque old city.
Gutted orthodox church on the hills above Prizren.
I just [...]
- Last day in Kosovo
Day 73 in Pristina, Kosovo
Yesterday I woke up early and headed out to the bus station to catch one of the many buses going southwest towards Prizren. It lies in the German KFOR zone which becomes rather obvious by the many German armored vehicles along the roads, German flags and the big KFOR base outside [...]
