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  • International influences on the mobilisation of the violence in Kosovo and Macedonia
    Lyon, Alynna
    The recent history of multilateral interventions in ethnic conflicts paints a mixed picture of success. In the ashes of Kosovo, we find an excellent opportunity to evaluate the role international ... actors play in containing violence. At first glance, North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) involvement appeared to be treading in new humanitarian waters - an international effort to prevent human suffering. However, since NATOs initial commitment violence continues and has spilled into neighbouring Macedonia. This article examines why the peacekeepers were unable to stop the violence. This work applied a modified resource mobilisation model to explore the relationship between NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR) and the ethnic-Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and its sister group in Macedonia. Through the lenses of the model, the paper finds that the war NATO fought over human rights did not bring peace and, after three years, the peacekeeping operation has failed to contain contentious ethnic-based violence. The operation did not address the primary components of mobilisation and unconsciously contributed to the KLA's retaliatory violence.
    Source: Journal of international relations and development. - ISSN 1408-6980 (Vol. 5, no. 3, Sep. 2002, str. 275-294, 327, 330)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2002
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 8486989

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source: Journal of international relations and development. - ISSN 1408-6980 (Vol. 5, no. 3, Sep. 2002, str. 275-294, 327, 330)
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