Abstract
Settling the status of Kosovo contained the implicit hope that the unfinished stories of both the Kosovo conflict and the dissolution of former‐Yugoslavia would be completed. The 17 February 2008 declaration of independence by Kosovo, while arguably a step forward from the previous stalemate, has neither fully resolved the conflict between Kosovars and Serbs, nor has it definitively settled the future of Kosovo and the region. The circle is never round. The real option is always between a new vicious circle or a virtuous one: between renewed stagnation and instability for Kosovo, Serbia, and the region, or moving forward to the European Union with eventual membership as the catalyst. The European logic of widening the perspective when addressing such zero‐sum disputes remains the best available choice for a definitive settlement.
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