CONSEQUENCES OF NATO’S KOSOVO WAR ON RUSSIA’S POLICY
CONSEQUENCES OF NATO’S KOSOVO WAR ON RUSSIA’S POLICY

Author(s): Aleksandar Saša Gajić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Geopolitics
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: Russia; NATO; Kosovo and Metohija; international law; asymmetric war; geopolitics
Summary/Abstract: NATO’s aggression on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is widely considered as a turning point in Russia-NATO relations. This paper gives comprehensive reconsideration about the consequences of NATO’s military intervention in Kosovo on Russia’s policy in all of its aspects. In its first part, the research is turned to Russia’s political position and diplomatic actions before, during and after the conflict in both bilateral and multilateral formats. The second part of the paper observes legal, political, geopolitical and military lessons that Russia took from NATO’s aggression on Yugoslavia that has influenced its foreign policy, including the positions towards Balkan and Serbia. In conclusion, it is noticeable that Russia remained firm in its principledness that NATO intervention in 1999 was an act of aggression against a sovereign state completely against international law and order, and that Kosovo self-proclaimed independence is totally illegal. Therefore, Moscow continues insisting that political resolution of Serbia’s problem with its southern province must be reached within the sphere of international law, in mutual agreement that will bring along-term feasible solution.

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