Between legal norms and geopolitical implications: admission of Kosovo to the United Nations?
Journal: Balkan Social Science Review
Year: 2021

One of the basic attributes of statehood apart from the territory, population, and government is international recognition, which defines the capacity of states to enter into relations with other states. Through a comparative method, the main goal of the current research is to analyse the foreign policy of Kosovo as a case study and compare the admission processes of Israel and East Timor, countries with significant similarities to Kosovo’s situation and geopolitical context. By analysing the pr