POLITIČKA ANALIZA: Kosovo: nova realnost regionalne sradnje
POLITICAL ANALYSIS: Kosovo: the new reality of regional cooperation

Author(s): Z. Kulundžić, A. Kapetanović, Davor Vuletić, Mirza Kušljugić, Dževad F. Sarajlić, Zlatko Dizdarević
Subject(s): Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Vanjskopolitička inicijativa BH
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this analysis is to try to look at the possibility of changing the course in BiH towards Kosovo through the prism of the recent thawing of relations between Belgrade and Pristina. It should be remembered here that Bosnia and Herzegovina, precisely because of these internal gaps, lags behind even Serbia in the normalization of relations with Kosovo. The starting points of the analysis are the material basis of relations (trade and economic cooperation) and strategic political aspiration (EU), but due to the high politicization of the Kosovo case, it is impossible to bypass the tactical political dimension; above all, it refers to the change of government in Serbia and the constellation of forces on the political scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kosovo, in addition to its mythological connotations, which should not be ignored, also has a material side - people live and work there, and events in Kosovo, as well as relations with neighboring countries, have real consequences for the security of the region and the everyday life of people. Therefore, the structure of the analysis will be based on the hypothesis that the future of the Western Balkan region lies in stable relations between Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Depending on the attitudes of BiH. political elites, there is a possibility for the normalization of relations between BiH and Kosovo on the basis of the agreements reached between Belgrade and Pristina, but also on the basis of the kind of normalization that has been carried out towards Kosovo from the very beginning by European Union member states that, like BiH, have not recognized its independence.

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