The Independence of Kosovo
“Threatening the Foundations of a World Order”

by Gary Leupp / February 19th, 2008

Russia has repeatedly made it very clear that it will not recognize nor accept an independent Kosovo but rather uphold Serbia’s historic claim to the province. (Full article …)

February 22, 2008 <h2 class="title" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tensions Mount over Kosovo Independence</h2> Up to 200,000 Serbs massed in Belgrade on Thursday to protest against Kosovo's secession. Several of the protesters broke into the American embassy, setting fire to part of the building. In a recent study, Cato scholar Stanley Kober commented on NATO involvement in the region and whether the alliance is capable of handling renewed violence in the Balkans: "NATO, it should be remembered, is not the force it was in 1999; it is now heavily involved elsewhere....[T]he prospects for effective action — indeed, for the future of the alliance itself — could be bleak."

• "Cracks in the Foundation: NATO's New Troubles," by Stanley Kober
• Statement by Ted Galen Carpenter
• "Europe's Approaching Train Wreck," by Stanley Kober