Kosovo : past, present and future / Bülent Sarper Agir, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ağir, Bülent Sarper

Contributor:

Agir, Bülent Sarper, editor.

Series:

European political, economic and security issues series.

European political, economic and security issues series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kosovo (Republic)--History.

Kosovo (Republic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Balkans region has always been reminded with negative images such as war, conflict, fragmentation, ethnic cleansing and instability with reference to the "Balkanization" concept. Such a heritage resurfaced particularly during the disintegration process of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in which Kosovo was one of the most critical parts as an autonomous province. With the abolition of autonomous status of Kosovo, Albanians in the province resisted against Serbian rule through respectively non-military, passive resistance and parallel strucrures, and military means, the Kosovo Liberation Army. Tension and pressure in Kosovo led to the emergence of physical conflict and violence, and eventually North Atlantic Treaty Organization intervention on 24 March 1999. After the end of more than a five century domination of Ottoman Empire in Kosovo, it respectively became a part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the First World War and Socialist Yugoslavia after the Second World War. With the dissolution process of Socialist Yugoslavia, Kosovar Albanians were in search of independence as the new 'masters' of Kosovo. On 17 February 2008, they managed to have their 'new born' indepenedent state. However, its present conditions and future should be analysed through a multidisciplinary perspective. As a matter of fact, this book intends to undertake such an academic effort by examining historical, legal, gender, security, political and foreign policy issues of Kosovo"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Kosovo at the beginning of the 20th century / Bilgin Çelik

Kosovo's Turks : a community in a multi-ethnic state in the making / Nazif Mandacı, Ahmet Nazmi Üste

The European Union and Kosovo relations : from past to present / Ekrem Yaşar Akçay

The European Union's Involvement in addressing of human security issues in the peace-building process of Kosovo / Bülent Sarper Ağır

The European Union-sponsored dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, Brussels Agreement and the implementation process / Shpend Krasniqi

Serbia-Kosovo relations and its implications on security in Macedonia / Zhidas Daskalovski

Gender security in Kosovo : from intervention of North Atlantic Treaty Organization to independence / Zerrin Ayşe Öztürk

Russian Federation's Kosovo policy since 1999 / Barış Gürsoy

Kosovo and the Gulf : securitizing soft power / Nazif Mandacı

The oddities of not being a state : legal vacuums, division of power, human rights protection and accountability / Helga Molbæk-Steensig

The memory of the war in Kosovo : a United Nations mission in Kosovo's international policies blind point / Nathalie Duclos.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-5361-6141-1