The partition of Kosovo: Redrawing borders to achieve peace?

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Miguel Borja Bernabé-Crespo
Kosovo is a partially recognized state with a wide variety of ethnic minorities, with the Albanian-Serbian relationship causing the most tensions. The proposal to exchange territories (land swap) in order to correct the border between Serbia and Kosovo has the benefit of mutual recognition and normalization of relations, but entails the risk of opening up Pandora’s box of border adjustments in the Balkans. The article includes a review of the relations between Serbia and Kosovo with a broad selection of press releases. It analyzes the proposal and reflects on the current situation of the territories and discusses its suitability. The article concludes that the EU should provide greater clarity and make a firm and tangible commitment toward progress to strengthen its credibility, as well as support democratization to promote European integration.

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Bernabé-Crespo, Miguel Borja. “The partition of Kosovo: Redrawing borders to achieve peace?”. Documents d’Anàlisi Geogràfica, vol.VOL 67, no. 2, pp. 189-18, doi:10.5565/rev/dag.668.
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Miguel Borja Bernabé-Crespo, Universidad de Murcia

Departamento de Geografía