Swift western pressure on Serbia to step back from conflict does not resolve the chronic problems of Kosovo’s nationhood
The Biden administration acted decisively on Friday, drawing on some of the lessons from the run-up to the Ukraine invasion, going public with US intelligence on Serbian troops movements, and calling Belgrade to threaten sanctions and ostracism. The Nato peacekeeping force, Kfor, was immediately reinforced by the transfer of command of a battalion of British troops who were in the region for training..
Since then Serbia and its principal backer, Russia, have fought a rearguard campaign to block Kosovo’s membership of international bodies, boosted by fears of many states, including five EU members, that recognition will set a precedent for their own ethnic minorities to secede. Both have been heavily invested in a Franco-German plan for normalising relations, in which Serbia would not have to grant full recognition but at least recognise Kosovo’s passports, flag and other attributes of nationhood, Belgrade would stop blocking Kosovo from membership of multilateral institutions, and in return Pristina would allow an association of Serb-majority municipalities, solidifying their autonomy.
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