Kosovo's final status negotiation process : a way out or cul-de sac

Abstract

The debate on Kosovo's future status has proved to be a long, difficult and complex process from historical, political as well as legal perspective. Kosovo's eight-year-long limbo and the prolonged negotiations over the resolution of its final status, together with evident inherent shortcomings including a rather jaded, temporary United Nations administration and an undeveloped, low-growth economy, risked to destabilise the entire region and to lead to a cul-de-sac with tremendous consequences not only for the region itself but for the Europe as whole.