Approaching or Avoiding Cooperative Security?

The Western Balkans in the Aftermath of the Kosovo Settlement Proposal and the Riga Summit

This paper examines the role of the international community in state reconstruction, nation and institution building in post-conflict societies, with a particular emphasis on the Western Balkan region. The authors discuss issues such as the concept and application of cooperative security in Southeastern Europe, lessons learned from Bosnia and Kosovo and regional efforts regarding refugee return.

© 2007 National Defence Academy and Bureau for Security Policy at the Austrian Ministry of Defence in co-operation with Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Switzerland, and PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany