Kosovo

Security Cooperation
commentary
What Intervention Looks Like
Robert E. Hunter
Mar 16, 2011
Foreign Affairs
The question, then, is whether stopping the fighting—which could also require forcibly removing Qaddafi—is worth the price of deep military engagement and responsibility for Libya's postwar future, writes Robert E. Hunter.
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Nation Building
commentary
European Union at Cross Purposes in Kosovo
Christopher S. Chivvis
Apr 27, 2009
GlobalSecurity.org
Of all the international actors involved in Kosovo right now, the European Union has by far the most at stake. It is also in the strongest position to remedy the situation. Sadly, it is too divided over Kosovo's declaration of independence over a year ago to take effective action, writes Christopher Chivvis.
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Russia
commentary
Kosovo and South Ossetia More Different Than Similar
Olga Oliker
Aug 25, 2008
RFERL.org, the website of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
The Russian government has long highlighted the similarities between Kosovo and South Ossetia.... The two situations, however, while similar on some points, are fundamentally different where it matters: in their implications for the future of international relations, writes Olga Oliker.
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Russia
commentary
An Independent Kosovo Was a Part of the U.N.'s Plan
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Feb 25, 2008
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Diplomatic wrangling over Kosovo's declaration of independence this week has created a good deal of misunderstanding about the U.N. Security Council Resolution that defines that society's current status and future evolution, writes James Dobbins.
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commentary
The Kosovars Need to Know Where They're Headed
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Oct 29, 2004
International Herald Tribune
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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commentary
Kosovo: Delaying is the Least-Bad Option
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Aug 2, 2004
International Herald Tribune
The recent outbreak of ethnic violence in Kosovo has led to a good deal of soul-searching within the international community. A noble experiment in building a multi-ethnic Kosovo seems to have ended in failure. European governments are rethinking their approach. Talk of partition is gaining currency.
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commentary
We've Been Down This Road Before
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Jul 17, 2003
Los Angeles Times
commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
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Michael J. Mazarr

Senior Political Scientist

Source: Foreign Affairs

The failure of the jihadists can be judged a victory—albeit a costly one—over an organized effort to instigate violence in the United States. The country, however, has not exhausted its inventory of disaffected young men (and women) who may, in the future, embrace jihadism or other extremist ideologies on offer to convey their discontent.

Brian Michael Jenkins

Senior Adviser to the RAND President

Source: The Hill

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Kosovo

What Intervention Looks Like

European Union at Cross Purposes in Kosovo

Kosovo and South Ossetia More Different Than Similar

An Independent Kosovo Was a Part of the U.N.'s Plan

The Kosovars Need to Know Where They're Headed

Kosovo: Delaying is the Least-Bad Option

We've Been Down This Road Before

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