The International Intervention in Kosova

The international Intervention in Kosova The break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s saw the creation of new independent states out of the republics that comprised it. Even though Kosova was one of the constituent units of the Yugoslav Federation, albeit not a republic, the international community refused to recognize it as a sovereign country. However, the recognition of other former Yugoslav republics such as Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia as sovereign states by the international community …

…be observed in a world system where liberal ideas are enforced more vigorously. The case of Kosova might be the right moment to contemplate on a new approach to international relations. In a liberal world, no state can get away with violation of the rights of its citizens. The question whether the 21st century will remain a realist century or whether liberalism is the end of history as Fukuyama argued is yet to be seen.