This book examines international engagement with Kosovo since
NATO's intervention in 1999, and looks at the three distinct phases
of Kosovo's development; intervention, statebuilding and
independence.
Kosovo remains a case study of central importance in
international relations, illustrative of key political trends in
the post-Cold War era. During each phase, international policy
towards Kosovo has challenged prevailing international norms and
pushed the boundaries of conventional wisdom. In each of the three
phases 'Kosovo' has been cited as constituting a precedent, and
this book explores the impact and the often troubling consequences
and implications of these precedents. This book explicitly engages
with this debate, which transcends Kosovo itself, and provides a
critical analysis of the catalysts and consequences of contemporary
international engagement with this seminal case study.
Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of the international
engagement with Kosovo and situates events there in an
international context, highlighting the extent to which
international policy towards Kosovo has challenged existing norms
and practices. Kosovo has been cited in certain texts as a positive
template to be emulated, but the contributors to this book also
identify the often controversial and contentious nature of these
new norms.
This book will be of much interest to students of humanitarian
intervention and statebuilding, war and conflict studies, security
studies and IR in general.
Aidan Hehir is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at
the Department of Politics and International Relations, University
of Westminster."
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