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Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology. Nationbuilding IPRO: Fall 2003. Overview. History UN Security Resolution 1244 Political development Final status controversy Economic development. History. Ottoman Empire & League of Prizren Post- World War I boundaries

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Illinois Institute of Technology

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  1. Illinois Institute of Technology Nationbuilding IPRO: Fall 2003

  2. Overview • History • UN Security Resolution 1244 • Political development • Final status controversy • Economic development

  3. History • Ottoman Empire & League of Prizren • Post- World War I boundaries • Tito: Autonomous Province of Kosovo • Milosevic: end to autonomy, jobs for Albanians • Rugova’s passive resistance • Dayton Accords: omit Kosovo • KLA emerges • October, 1998 agreement • War: NATO bombing campaign < June, 1999

  4. Maps • Ottoman Empire • Balkan Wars • After World War I • After World War II • Today • Region • Kosova • Topography

  5. UN Security Council Resolution 1244 • UNMIK, led by SRSG, exercises sovereignty • Preamble recognizes sovereignty of Yugoslavia • Other provisions obligate UNMIK to devolve power to local institutions • Envisions negotiations to determine final status

  6. UNMIK Regulations • Regulations = legislation (1999-1) • Applicable law = UNMIK + Int’l human rights + Yugoslav @ 1989 (1999-24) • Commercial law framework in place: banking (1999-13; 1999-20; 2001-24), business organizations (2001-6), contracts (2000-68), payments (2001-26); foreign investment (2001-3), mortgages (2001-5, 2001-32), privatization (2001-12) • Constitutional framework (2001-9)

  7. Political development • Government in exile/parallel state • Self-sufficiency • Sense of entitlement • Rural radicals & KLA • 3 big parties: LDK (Rugova), PDK (Thaci), AAK (Haradinaj) • 3 elections: LDK 60%; PDK 30%; AAK 10% • Slating of candidates only party on ballot • Political struggle Kosovars v. UNMIK • Fareed Zakaria’s “Liberal Democracy” & civil society: political intermediation

  8. Final status • Serbian v. Kosovar Albanian views • Reincorporation into Serbia • Independence and statehood • SCR 1244 envisions negotiations • Kosovo & Serbia? • Role of US • Role of UNMIK • Role of EU • “Standards Before Status”

  9. Economic development • Macroeconomic realities • Foreign spending exceeds domestic spending, but will decline • High savings rate • Remittances • Privatization • Controversies over employee claims, where to begin, appraisals • Controversies over independence of KTA • Low viability of most SOEs • SME sector • Huge entrepreneurial energy • Little aside from service sector • The weak “middle”

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