What We're Reading

November 2017 | Kosovo

This month, the RESOLVE Network team’s “What We’re Reading” post features research addressing concepts related to ideology, governance, people, and violence in one of the Network's 10 priority countries: Kosovo. The publications below focus on popular perceptions regarding violent extremism, radicalization, and efforts to counter both; NATO's 1999 intervention and its lasting legacy; best practices in reintegrating former foreign fighters back into Kosovar communities; and drivers of violent extremism in the Balkan state. Click the links below to view the documents.

 

Qirez, Arben. “Public Pulse Analysis on Prevention of Violent Extremism in Kosovo” United Nations Development Programme, June 28, 2017. https://www.undp.org/kosovo/publications/public-pulse-analysis-prevention-violent-extremism-kosovo

Gall, Carlotta. “How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS” New York Times, May 21, 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/world/europe/how-the-saudis-turned-kosovo-into-fertile-ground-for-isis.html

Muji, Arife. “Reintegration of Returning Foreign Fighters: What approach best suits Kosovo?” Kosovar Centre of Security Studies, May 05, 2017. https://qkss.org/en/lajmi/riintegrimi-i-luftetareve-te-huaj-te-rikthyer-cfare-qasje-i-pershtatet-me-se-miri-kosoves

Kelmendi, Vesë, and Rudinë Jakupi dhe. “Women in Violent Extremism: Lessons learned from Kosovo” Kosovar Centre for Security Studies KCSS, February 02, 2017. 

Ahern, Jennifer et al. “Gender, Social Support, and Posttraumatic Stress in Postwar Kosovo” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, November 2004. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000144695.02982.41

Qehaja, Florian, Skënder Perteshi, and Mentor Vrajolli. “Mapping the State of Play of Institutional and Community Involvement in Countering Violent Extremism in Kosovo” Kosovar Centre for Security Studies, February 2017. https://www.academia.edu/31424096/Mapping_the_state_of_play_of_institutional_and_community_involvement_in_countering_violent_extremism_in_Kosovo

Kraja, Garentina. “The Islamic State Narrative in Kosovo Deconstructed One Story at a Time” Kosovar Centre for Security Studies, September 2017. https://qkss.org/al/publikimet/the-islamic-state-narrative-in-kosovo-deconstructed-one-story-at-a-time

Speckhard, Anne, and Ardian Shajkovci. “Drivers of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kosovo: Women’s Roles in Supporting, Preventing & Fighting Violent Extremism” The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism, April 14, 2017. https://www.icsve.org/drivers-of-radicalization-and-violent-extremism-in-kosovo-womens-roles-in-supporting-preventing-fighting-violent-extremism/

“Setting Kosovo Free: Remaining Challenges” International Crisis Group, September 10, 2012. https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/balkans/kosovo/setting-kosovo-free-remaining-challenges

Mockaitis, Thomas R. “Reluctant Partners: Civil–Military Cooperation in Kosovo” Small Wars & Insurgencies, March 17, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1080/0959231042000282625

Auerswald, David P. “Explaining wars of choice: An integrated decision model of NATO policy in Kosovo” International Studies Quarterly, September 2004. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3693526

Pokalova, Elena. “Framing Separatism as Terrorism: Lessons from Kosovo” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, April 14, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1080/10576101003691564