The Vienna negotiations on the final status for Kosovo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3723076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Weller, Marc-Philippe Weller (0009-0002-6835-5855, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 659-681 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2008.00731.x |
| OpenAlex | W1969440640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
The Vienna negotiations on the final status for Kosovo were an impossible project. It was clear at the outset that both parties would not be able to find common ground on the status issue. However, the talks focused on the practical issues of governance in Kosovo, such as decentralization, community rights and cultural heritage. It was thought that these could be addressed, initially at least, in a status-neutral way. While the parties did not manage to agree on all or most of these problems, the UN Special Envoy, Martti Ahtisaari, generated a comprehensive proposal offering compromise solutions that should have been acceptable to both sides. The recommendation of the Special Envoy in favour of supervised independence was deliberately separated from the comprehensive proposal. It was thought that the UN Security Council would at least endorse the proposal, even if it was ultimately unwilling to pronounce itself in favour of independence. The issue of status might then be settled outside the Council. However, when it appeared to some states on the Council that endorsement of the substantive Ahtisaari plan would in fact be tantamount to acceptance of independence, this avenue was closed
Compromise · Decentralization · Democracy · General assembly · Independence (probability theory) · Law and economics · Negotiation · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Politics · Security council · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration
Between “Pragmatism” and “Constitutionalism”
Consociational democracy, citizenship and the role of the EU in Kosovo’s contested state-building
Independence pathways and survival prospects
The Emergence of ‘Meditration’ in International Peacemaking
Western Balkans
Same Table, Different Menus? A Comparison of UN and EU Mediation Practice in the Kosovo-Serbia Conflict
The Importance of Process in Peacemaking
Is Russia Out of Step with European Norms? Assessing Russia's Relationship to European Identity, Values and Norms Through the Issue of Self-Determination
The Norms and Politics of Exit
Transnational veto players in conflict negotiations
The quest for legitimacy in independent Kosovo
Dominant party politics and ethnic coordination after conflict
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |