The Foreign Policy of State Recognition: Kosovo’s Diplomatic Strategy to Join International Society: Table 1
Journal: Foreign Policy Analysis
Year: 2016

This article explores the policies and activities undertaken by Kosovo as it seeks diplomatic recognition under conditions of contested statehood and transitional international order. Existing debates about diplomatic recognition-in particular, how independent sovereign statehood is achieved-generally rest upon systemic factors, normative institutions, and the preferences of great powers. In contrast, we argue that the experience of Kosovo presents a more complex and less predetermined process o