... , he remains arguably the most authoritative British journalist writing about the region. 'Kosovo, What Everyone Needs to Know', is his latest book, a slim, but surprisingly detailed account of Kosovo's ... , negating any possibility of compromise between the two sides, then underwriting the possibility of Kosovo's independence. As to Kosovo's future, Judah does not have any easy answers. In the most ...

I began writing some months ago on the Kosovo Independence situation, wondering aloud if this sets a precedent for other people groups to try and remove themselves from recognized nations in the world. Gates of Vienna does a nice write up on some articles obviously relating Kosovo to the current problems in South Ossetia (Georgia) and other people groups in and around Russia. If ...

... the debate and the Europeans implemented it. Among Europeans, the most enthusiastic about Kosovo independence were the British and the French. The British followed the American line ... Belgrade. More to the point, the Russians let it be clearly known that they would not accept the idea that Kosovo independence was a one-of-a-kind situation and that they would regard it, instead, as a new precedent ...

... 1999, Serbia promised the province autonomy but not independence.While many observers questioned Kosovo's readiness for independence, given corruption in its civil administration and the murderous campaign ... United States has unilaterally disarmed itself of "soft power" that was once one of our greatest weapons. And Kosovo was one of the fields upon which the United States laid down its moral arms.

... the Albanian military busted into their apartments and drove them out at gunpoint.Since the expulsion of the last of Kosovo Jews, muslims of that province became hosts to the wahabis and other Islamic ... among young muslim Albanians, that UNMIK is afraid to patrol certain quarters where Kosovo wahhabis dominate and that even the peacekeepers themselves are afraid that their action may trigger a ...

... 1999, Serbia promised the province autonomy but not independence.While many observers questioned Kosovo's readiness for independence, given corruption in its civil administration and the murderous campaign ... United States has unilaterally disarmed itself of "soft power" that was once one of our greatest weapons. And Kosovo was one of the fields upon which the United States laid down its moral arms.