Professional paper

Conflict in Kosovo

Tanja Čumpek ; Internal Affairs Ministry, Republic of Croatia

Abstract

The causes of the crisis in Southeast Europe are not simple or unequivocal. They stem from several issues:
- unsolved territorial and minority issues;
- economic underdevelopment;
- inconsistent democratisation and build-up of a civil society;
- refusal to reach compromise and peacefully settle conflicts;
- underdeveloped institutions of regional co-operation.

Following the conflict in Kosovo, these issues were burdened with the problem of mass exodus of the population accompanied with grave consequences of refugee crisis. The stated issue also often stand as synonyms for the Balkans in international politics. The process of rehabilitation and reconstruction, contained in the Pact on Stability, would actually mean the process of transformation of the Balkans into a new order and level of development of Western democracies - the southeast of Europe.

Keywords

Conflict; Kosovo; Yugoslavia; Pact on Stability

Hrčak ID:

286378

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/286378

Publication date:

15.12.2000.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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