The EU Enlargement as a Tool for the Transformation of the SerbiaKosovo Conflict After 2008
The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact and influence of the EU on the Serbia-Kosovo conflict after 2008 via the Serbian integration process. The author employs the analytical framework for studying the impact of the European integration and association on border conflicts. According t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of International Relations Prague
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Czech Journal of International Relations |
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| Online Access: | https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/178 |
| Summary: | The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact and influence of the EU
on the Serbia-Kosovo conflict after 2008 via the Serbian integration process.
The author employs the analytical framework for studying the impact of the
European integration and association on border conflicts. According to this
framework, the impact of the EU on the conflict was both direct and
indirect. The indirect impact was present in the pro-European orientation of
the governments after 2008. But conditionality, as a direct tool, proved
essential for the conflict transformation. The EU has used various phases of
the integration process as rewards for progress in the dialogue between
Serbia and Kosovo to de-escalate the conflict. This confirms that the
enlargement policy is the most effective foreign policy tool that the EU has
at its disposal.
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| ISSN: | 0323-1844 2570-9429 |