Old Dominion University ODU Digital Commons Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations Graduate Program in International Studies Spring 2018 The Kosovo Moment: The United States and the Post-Cold War Balkans Visar Xhambazi Old Dominion University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gpis_etds Part of the International Relations Commons Recommended Citation Xhambazi, Visar. "The Kosovo Moment: The United States and the Post-Cold War Balkans" (2018). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, International Studies, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/48x7-nf95 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gpis_etds/27 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Program in International Studies at ODU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ODU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE KOSOVO MOMENT THE UNITED STATES AND THE POST-COLD WAR BALKANS by Visar Xhambazi BSc., May 2015, Rochester Institute of Technology A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY May 2018 Approved by: Simon Serfaty (Director) Regina Karp (Member) Austin Jersild (Member) ABSTRACT THE KOSOVO MOMENT THE UNITED STATES AND THE POST-COLD WAR BALKANS Visar Xhambazi Old Dominion University, 2018 Director: Dr. Simon Serfaty This study attempts to assess the importance of the humanitarian intervention in Kosovo, the last phase of Yugoslavian agony. It provides a historical background of the region in order to better understand the mosaic of ethnic divisions and hatred as well as the cultural differences and the rise of nationalism through time.