Truman Schulte, Press Corps 5
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, Contemporary Crisis —The new national government is already dealing with theological, ethnic, and nationalist tension in their new government. Kosovo just got out of an almost two-decade civil war that fought for Kosovo's independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and later from Serbia as a whole.
Kosovo's local/temporary parliament argued over whether or not to implement the new government immediately and withdraw some of the United Nations/European Union Protection.
Some of Kosovo’s interim parliament members want the new government to be perfected entirely before they see signs of exploitation and corruption. In contrast, others like the new government to be upstanding in preventing countries like Serbia from taking over again.
Delegate Hashim Rexhappi of the Kosovo National Bank wanted a more secure and outlined an economic plan for the country to stabilize and protect Kosovo. Rexhappi wanted that to be a part of the new government before Kosovo implemented any financial stability plan.
The new government is now off the ground with only some international police, United Nations Peacekeepers, and European Union police as temporary security for the young nation. Another referendum of Serbia absorbing 50 Million dollars of the national debt failed very quickly.
Delegate Sanije Alijaj argued that a national military would protect Kosovo, increase technological advancements and infrastructure, and provide some form of financial stability for some citizens.
At the same time, Dukahin Gornai of the Gazeta Express believes that the military would be great but would also show nationalism and competitiveness toward Serbia and other hostile nations. Serbia would have to take Kosovo seriously. Though he points out that Serbia is looking for a reason to attack again, he points out the significant difference between Kosovo’s size, military power, and population as reasons why a military would not even work.
However, they do not want Serbia to take them too seriously and go into another war; Gorani believes that the world needs to know that Kosovo is not the attacker and make sure the international community labels Serbia as the attacker in this situation. A military would not support this situation with the rest of the world.
As some crises come into play, with 45 Ulttra Natioanlsits forming a shadow government in Northern Kosovo, the Kosovar Serbs bring up a potential issue with ultra-nationalism within its borders while also trying to improve relations with Serbia. That crisis alone is very challenging, and finding a solution that appeases and solves all these problems is hard.