NSPM ANALIZE br. 5 - Contents and Summaries (Serbian version)
 CONTENTS
Dušan Bataković
War Concept of Kosovo Albanians and Democratic
Option of Belgrade 5
Mario Brudar
Kosovo and Metohija between Aspirations,
Realities and Wishes
13
Aleksandar Mitić
The Pressure against Compromise
21
Zoran Stokić
Can Serbia Win the US Support for Its Plan for
Kosovo? 29
Nenad Kecmanović
A Jubilee Revised
47
Dossier
Platform on the Future Status of Kosovo and Metohija
53
Boris Tadić
The Independence of Kosovo Would Destabilaze
Situation in Balkans 59
Vojislav Koštunica
We Ought to Keep Kosovo
65
Chronology
73
Abstracts
Summaries
Dušan Bataković
War Concept of Kosovo Albanians and Democratic
Option of Belgrade
The concept for solving the Kosovo issue that
prevails among Kosmet Albanians follows the "Drenica
model". It rests on the accomplished act
policy. The desired state of affairs is
established through violence – expulsion,
destruction, seizure…
followed by appeals to "reality"
and demands from the international community to take
the "actual situation"
as the starting point. Counterposed is the
"Belgrade model", developed
by the Serbian side, especially after October
5. It is based on the idea of genuine coexistence
and sustainable development, and does not
cover up for an attempt to divide the Province.
On the contrary, the "Belgrade
model" affirms the highest democratic
standards and serves the interests of both the Albanian ethnic
community in Kosovo and the Serbian state, as
well as those of the International community.
Key words: conflict
resolution, ethnic conflicts,
Kosovo, democracy,
Serbia.
Mario Brudar
Kosovo and Metohija between Aspirations,
Realities and Wishes
What the Kosmet Albanians wish is an independent
Kosovo now, without any divisions or
cantonization. What Serbia wishes is to
restore its sovereignty in Kosovo, or to
postpone its independence as long as possible and meanwhile work out
the cantonization of the Province. A
compromise may be found in independence with cantonization.
But a good compromise is apparently of no interest
to anyone at all, including even the
international community.
Key words: conflict
resolution, ethnic conflicts,
Kosovo, Serbia.
Aleksandar Mitić
The Pressure against Compromise
In an open and argumented debate,
the Serbian plan for a maximum autonomy of Kosovo
and Metohia – a constructive,
fair and compromising proposal –
would largely overshadow the Kosovo Albanian demand
for a maximalist, one-sided
and illegal solution – an independence of
Kosovo. Nevertheless,
at the outset of the talks, bias,
double-standards and
international pressure are being mostly applied against Belgrade.
Zoran Stokić
Can Serbia Win the US Support for Its Plan for
Kosovo?
The decisive vote on the future of Kosovo is that of
the U.S.A.
Serbia will have to use the Kosovo status
negotiations to impose itself on the U.S.A.
as a reliable and long-term
ally. Combating terrorism and the stability
of the region are essentially the shared interest of Serbia and the
U.S.A.
Both elements are present precisely in the Kosovo
case. Linking the solution to this issue with
the problem of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro could yield
substantial diplomatic gains. Namely,
the US administration has to be repeatedly explained
that the scenario involving an independent Kosovo,
unitary Bosnia and Herzegovina and Milo Mila
Đukanović’s Montenegro is a burning fuse in
the foundations of the Balkan peace, instable
as it is. No EU integration processes could
pacify these new or still smoldering hotbeds of conflicts.
A properly understood US interest is to stabilize
and integrate this area. In this respect,
firm partnership between Serbia and the U.S.A.
in finding actual compromise solutions for Kosovo
and other issues, may be decisive for peace
in the entire region.
Key words: conflict
resolution, ethnic conflicts,
Kosovo, the U.S.A.,
Serbia.
Sanda Rašković-Ivić
Serbian Arguments in Kosovo Negotiations
Motives that Serbian party brings in negotiations
can be divided in four groups –
first encompases future status for Kosovo and
Metohija, second concerns decentralisation,
third economic issues and fourth is so called
security package. All these motives
essentially revolve around providing peace and stability in region.
If Kosovo becomes independent,
that would bring about the feeling of unease and
send signal to Albanians in Western Macedonia and Epirus in northern
Greece, in the south of Serbia and east
Montenegro, same as Serbs in Republika Srpska
and Serbs in Croatia, that they can have
their own state. These separatistic movements
will carefully observe how the Kosovo problem is handled and in
Kosovo presedan recognize a chance for fulfilling their own agenda.
Serbs are rationally entering negotiations about
future status of Kosovo and Metonija –
offering to Albanians in province maximum
control over their future, Serbs respect
international law, and they also insist on
motives the civilized and cultural West resides on,
such as economy,
democratization and human rights protection.
Slobodan Antonić
Independent Kosovo in 2006. –
Fatal Error
Serbia enters Kosovo negotiations as a prisoner who
is waiting to be taken on a long, and by his
opinion, undeserved punishment.
That punishment is, of course,
independence of Kosovo. But
there can be no Serbian government,
democratically elected, that would sign the
document on independence of Kosovo. Reason
lies not in the stubbornness or innate nationalism,
but in the fact that Kosovo is a part of Serbian
identity. Kosovo secession necessitates
change in Serbian identity. But it takes time
to adopt new identity. Independent Kosovo in
2006. – it is a fatal
error and unnecessary violence that democratic Serbia colud hardly
survive. Serbia needs time for democratic
forces to make a new national identity. Only
then will Serbia be capable to face Kosovo independence,
and that will be in 20 or
30 years time.
Key words: state,
nation, democracy,
seccession, identity.
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