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Meeting The Burden Of Statehood: Is Kosovo Ready?
Meeting The Burden Of Statehood: Is Kosovo Ready?

Author(s): Gregory R. Copley
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Центар за проучавање религије и верску толеранцију
Keywords: Kosovo; Serbia; Yugoslavia; Al Qaida; Green Transversal; Jihadist movements; narco-traffi cking

Summary/Abstract: There is ample evidence that Kosovo has no legitimacy in the normal sense of a sovereign state, and that, if it was to be recognized as such, it would further erode the credibility of the international system. Kosovo does not meet any historical standards for sovereignty. For Kosovo to be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state, the international community must violate the sovereignty of another recognized state, the Republic of Serbia. One should also take to consideration that Kosovo is already a territory run as a criminal enterprise, with links into jihadist movements.

  • Issue Year: I/2007
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 25-42
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English