For more than a decade, the European Union (EU) has engaged in efforts aiming at normalisation of Kosovo-Serbia relations. However, the EU has not focused on settling the core issues of the conflict. Instead, EU mediators prioritised a gradual normalisation of relations focusing on technical matters. Vera Axyonova and Argyro Kartsonaki argue that this approach has not resulted in a permanent conflict resolution. Considering the Kosovo Serb perspective, they find that the EU efforts have created a situation of managed instability in Kosovo, adding in some cases new layers to the conflict instead of resolving it.
The article is published open-access by Ethnopolitics: https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2024.2358647