KOSOVO AS A FACTOR OF THE WORLD ORDER CHANGE
KOSOVO AS A FACTOR OF THE WORLD ORDER CHANGE

Author(s): Leonid N. Dobrokhotov
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: Kosovo; separation; world order; Russian-Serbian relations; double standards; territorial integrity; the USSR collapse consequences; right to independence; referendums on independence
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the role of the USSR and the USA in Yugoslavia collapse and its consequences, compares Kosovo precedent with the ensuing conflicts and investigates the changes and problems Kosovo separation caused. The author explores the effects of different conflicts of recent years, including the USSR collapse, Abkhazia and South Ossetia separation from Georgia, world community’s refusal to recognise Transnistria, the reunion of Crimea with Russia, Ukrainian civil war in Donbass. The findings from the research illustrate how changes in one state’s foreign policy could influence the world order. They also show how serious the consequences of the violation of international law could be and what kind of double standards are used by the USA and its NATO allies. The results of the findings support the prediction that Serbia territorial integrity could be restored afterwards. A critical open question is whether Russia, China, India and their strategic partners have a will to cooperate in ceasing NATO’s regular intervention to one country’s internal affairs.

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