Kosovo Archives - Robert Lansing Institute

Renewed threats to Kosovo and stability in the Western Balkans

Serbia`s rapid military modernization, strategic planning, and hybrid operations are emerging as the central security threat to Kosovo and regional stability in the Western Balkans. Between increased defense spending, the…

March 16, 2026Kosovo, Serbia

Propaganda and Disinformation

Disinformation and cyber threat narratives in Kosovo during the Iran crisis

In the contemporary security environment, conflicts increasingly unfold not only on physical battlefields but also within the digital information space. Cyber operations, disinformation campaigns, and strategic propaganda have become key…

March 13, 2026Cyberattacks, Iran, Kosovo, Serbia

Democracy Governance

The Kurti-Osmani rift returns Kosovo to snap elections

Kosovo has increasingly become characterized by cycles of political instability, repeated snap elections,and institutional paralysis. The most recent political crisis illustrates how internal power struggles canundermine the functioning of democratic…

March 10, 2026Kosovo

Democracy Governance

Putting Liberation on Trial: Kosovo, The Hague, and Albanian Prime Minister’s call to the Board of Peace to defend moral truth

To equate those who fought for their people’s survival with those who massacred, killed civilians including women, the elderly and children, is to wound the very idea of justice. Kosovo’s…

February 20, 2026KLA, Kosovo

Democracy Geopolitics Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation War crimes

Prosecuting Resistance, Forgetting Aggression: Kosovo and the Failure of Proportional Justice

More than two decades after the Kosovo war, international justice has produced an outcome that remains deeply contested: the Serbian state, whose forces carried out systematic and widespread crimes against…

February 10, 2026Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Democracy Governance

Diaspora power and the 2025 Kosovo elections

Mandate, Momentum, and a Democratic Dilemma The December 2025 snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo marked a turning point after nearly a year of institutional paralysis. Vetëvendosje (VV), led by Albin Kurti,…

January 12, 2026Kosovo

Conflict Governance

Northern Kosovo and Serbia’s strategy of permanent instability

An explosion that was never just about water. When an explosion damaged the Ibër-Lepenc water canal in northern Kosovo on 29 November 2024, it was initially framed as an attack…

December 19, 2025Kosovo, Serbia

Democracy Governance

Kosovo’s political reset: what the dissolution of parliament reveals about governance and crisis

Before dissolving parliament, President Osmani urged deputies to pass a budget extension, an appeal that underscored how fragile the moment has become. Without it, Kosovo enters the new year unable…

November 20, 2025Kosovo

Geopolitics Governance ideology

The Serbian World crisis and Russia’s search for a new Balkan foothold

As Serbia wavers between Moscow and Brussels, the idea of a “Serbian World” is unraveling under the pressures of the Ukraine war. With Belgrade’s double game exposed, Russia may shift…

November 12, 2025Kosovo, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, USA

Conflict Terrorism

Serbia’s hybrid warfare in Kosovo through state-tolerated terrorism

Serbian State Terrorism in Kosovo, Europe’s Silence and the Consequences for Regional Security In the autumn of 2025, a rare but revealing event reignited debate about Serbia’s covert interventions and…

November 7, 2025Kosovo, Serbia

Kosovo

Renewed threats to Kosovo and stability in the Western Balkans

Disinformation and cyber threat narratives in Kosovo during the Iran crisis

The Kurti-Osmani rift returns Kosovo to snap elections

Putting Liberation on Trial: Kosovo, The Hague, and Albanian Prime Minister’s call to the Board of Peace to defend moral truth

Prosecuting Resistance, Forgetting Aggression: Kosovo and the Failure of Proportional Justice

Diaspora power and the 2025 Kosovo elections

Northern Kosovo and Serbia’s strategy of permanent instability

Kosovo’s political reset: what the dissolution of parliament reveals about governance and crisis

The Serbian World crisis and Russia’s search for a new Balkan foothold

Serbia’s hybrid warfare in Kosovo through state-tolerated terrorism

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