The Kosovo Crisis and the Country’s Governance Problems: Some General Reflections
12 October 2018, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm

Part of the SSEES South East Europe Seminar Series
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South East Europe Seminar Series
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34716 Taviton StreetLondonWC1H 0BW
Kosovo was the theatre of the most ambitious, intensive, and expensive state-building intervention ever launched. The results are unsatisfactory, however: although generally well-designed, Kosovo’s political and economic institutions are gravely inefficient, and socioeconomic conditions are worrying. The crisis of Kosovo involved also important political interests of the main Western powers, which, especially during the years that marked the height of the US's so-called unipolar moment, used it also as an occasion to refashion international relations. The two aspects seem closely linked. Their interactions may explain both the political and financial investment in Kosovo, and their results; the same interactions are presumably at play during these months, moreover, when Kosovo and Serbia are apparently discussing an agreement that might include a change of borders. Taking both aspects into account may shed light on the history of this state-building intervention, and could help draw broader lessons.
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About the Speaker
Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
Andrea Lorenzo Capussela led the economic and fiscal affairs office of Kosovo’s supervisor, the International Civilian Office, and is the author of State-Building in Kosovo: Democracy, Corruption, and the EU in the Balkans (I.B. Tauris, 2015), and of The Political Economy of Italy’s Decline (Oxford University Press, 2018). He tweets @AndreaCapussela