Kosovo Kördüğümü’nün Çözülmesinde Avrupa Birliği’nin Etkisi

Year 2018, Volume: 17 Issue: 1, 33 - 59, 06.09.2018

Fatma Aslı Kelkitli

https://doi.org/10.32450/aacd.457826

Abstract

1998-1999 Kosova Savaşı Yugoslavya’nın tabutundaki son çivi olurken Batı Balkanlar’da daha etkin ve ilgili bir Avrupa Birliği (AB) dış politikasının da habercisi oldu. Birlik, Kosova’da Aralık 2008’de Birleşmiş Milletler’in polis, gümrük ve yargı alanlarındaki sorumluluklarını devretmesiyle daha kapsamlı bir karakter kazanan sınırları ötesindeki en büyük ve en pahalı misyonunu başlattı. Bu makale AB’nin sadece Kosova’daki devlet kapasitesini güçlendirmek için değil fakat aynı zamanda hala patlama ve Batı Balkanlar’ı başka bir çatışma, istikrarsızlık ve göç sarmalına sürükleme potansiyeline sahip Sırbistan ve Kosova arasındaki anlaşmazlığı da sona erdirmek için kullandığı siyasal, hukuksal/güvenlikle ilgili ve mali araçları incelemektedir.

Keywords

Birliği, Kosova, çatışma çözümü, çeşitli enstrümanlar

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S IMPACT ON RESOLUTION OF THE KOSOVO IMPASSE

Abstract

The Kosovo War of 1998-1999 while being the final nail in the coffin of Yugoslavia became the harbinger of an active and involved European Union (EU) foreign policy in the Western Balkans. The Union started the biggest and most expensive mission beyond its own borders in Kosovo which acquired a much more expansive character in December 2008 following the United Nations’ transfer of responsibilities in the areas of police, customs and the judiciary. This article examines the political, legal/security and financial instruments used by the EU to
not only strengthen the state capacity in Kosovo but also to end the disagreement between Serbia and Kosovo which still has the potential to explode and sweep the Western Balkans into another cycle of conflict, instability and migration.

Keywords

European Union, Kosovo, conflict resolution, various instruments

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