Why states sometimes risk their material interests and even physical security to keep a
certain identity narrative going? Think of Israel's continued occupation of the West Bank …

Why has the internationally promoted Weberian-style bureaucracy failed to replace
patronage as the dominant principle of state organization in post-war Kosovo? This article …

This paper traces the changing relationship between the state and its education system at
the intersection of diverging visions and agendas of local and international actors in post …

Post-war Kosovo has been the subject of a highly intrusive international state-building
project, including an unprecedented influx of international administrators, assistance and …

This article examines the conditions that influence the implementation process of the
Brussels Agreements. The implementation process is analyzed along three dimensions:(1) …

This article explores the question of how Albanian Salafi Muslims have engaged with and
provided religious interpretations to issues peculiar to Albanians' historical and sociopolitical …

What can explain the varied effectiveness of internationally led attempts at statebuilding?
This article seeks to answer this question by comparing the contrasting trajectories of …

Security sector reform (SSR) in Kosovo remains complex and challenging. The existing
approach is heavily driven by international agencies. This article addresses the question …

Since Serbia and Kosovo began their political and technical dialogue mediated by the
European Union in 2011, numerous agreements were signed, but few of them implemented …

The war in Ukraine has exposed a rift between Serbia and the Brussels administration.
Serbia has been accused of aligning itself with Russia as opposed to the strictly pro …