Kosovo and the lesson from Nagorno-Karabakh
The Quint powers that enabled Kosovo independence must now face the reality that it won’t work until Serbian security returns to the north and it... Read More
Serbia must play fair too
As the U.S. and its fellow EU members of the Quint pressure Pristina to offer solutions, they must either pressure or entice Vucic to allow... Read More
NATO’s two choices in Kosovo
NATO now has two choices under its UN mandate, to escort those forces back south of the River or to open the border and allow Serbian... Read More
Kosovo: not up to NATO
The U.S., EU and now NATO have long acted in Kosovo as if they had the authority to act for the United Nations. Belgrade would... Read More
Kosovo: should/could Serbia intervene unilaterally?
Should Belgrade send forces into the north to lance this boil? It may be the only way to force the hand of the U.S., EU... Read More
Kosovo – lancing the Boil?
NATO would be well within its UN mandate to allow some Serbian forces to return to Kosovo. Perhaps this is the way to lance the... Read More
Can the UN General Assembly act on Ukraine?
This food crisis suggests the need to establish secure transportation zones in Ukraine and the Black Sea to allow food to be gathered and transported.... Read More
If NATO cannot act, then individual EU countries should
It may be time for the EU – perhaps under its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) – or individual European countries to consider placing... Read More
Ukraine, Russia and the Kosovo precedent
The Western role should be to help Kiev make the best deal possible with Moscow while there may still be one to make: a federal... Read More
January 2018 Review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during January, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
Oliver Ivanović
Chances are that most local people know who was behind the murder. But silence about what is widely known is a Balkans trait and is... Read More
Kosovo without EULEX?
The latest kerfuffle about ending the Special Chambers – which elicited strong negative reaction from both the EU and US – is just one indication... Read More
June 2016 Review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during June, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
Last words
Marx noted that history reoccurs, first as tragedy, then as farce. We seem to be living in a period where history remains unlearned yet is... Read More
May 2016 Review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during May, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
What lesson from Sudan?
The break-up of Sudan, aided and abetted by the United States, can be seen as another example of ill-conceived outside interference in an internal conflict... Read More
April 2016 Review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during April, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
Kosovo – going nowhere fast
Kosovo is not, by itself, a sustainable economic or political entity. Waiting for Serbia to recognize Kosovo as independent (in order to enter the EU)... Read More
March 2016 Review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during March, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
The year Europe should not break
Events over the last year – beginning with the Greek debt crisis and including economic malaise as well as the refugee and terrorist challenges –... Read More
February 2016 Review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during February, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
The year Europe breaks
Another year of an unstoppable refugee flood will tear up the reality of a borderless EU while raising a popular political backlash. And when Europe finally... Read More
Mistakes were made – part II
The US is now in the process of choosing its next president. Everyone – in America and beyond – should insist that all the candidates... Read More
Kosovo – the defenestration of Oliver Ivanovic
Oliver Ivanovic is today a political prisoner being held as a result of an unholy – and rather short-sighted – alliance between the internationals, Belgrade... Read More
January 2016 Review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during January, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
