The Long Shadow of the 1999 Kosovo War
Journal: Comparative Southeast European Studies
Year: 2022

As the Russian army began its assault on Ukraine on 24 February 2022, social media, commentators, and politicians in Russia, Serbia, and beyond, were quick to draw comparisons with NATO's intervention in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in March 1999. As with many other comparisons, good and bad alike, this one, too, helps make sense of, interpret, or position oneself in regard to the new conflict. The war in Kosovo, the focus of this special issue, plays a key role in these comparisons. In Ru