Kosovo and the challenge of humanitarian intervention : selective indignation, collective action, and international citizenship

The Kosovo conflict has the potential to redraw the landscape of international politics, with significant ramifications for the UN, major powers, regional organizations, and the way in which we understand and interpret world politics. This book offers interpretations of the Kosovo crisis from numerous perspectives: the conflict-parties, NATO allies, the immediate region surrounding the conflict, and further afield. Country perspectives are followed by scholarly analyses of the longer-term normative, operational, and structural consequences of the Kosovo crisis for world politics. -- Amazon.com Kosovo In The Twentieth Century : A Historical Account / Marie-janine Calic -- The Kosovo Conflict : A Perspective From Inside / Agon Demjaha -- The Closing Of The Kosovo Cycle : Victimization Versus Responsibility / Duska Anastasijevic -- The Kosovo Conflict : The Balkans And The Southern Caucasus / George Khutsishvili And Albrecht Schnabel -- The Costs Of Victory : American Power And The Use Of Force In The Contemporary Order / G. John Ikenberry -- Russia : Reassessing National Interests / Vladimir Baranovsky -- China : Whither The World Order After Kosovo? / Zhang Yunling -- The Major European Allies : France, Germany, And The United Kingdom / Simon Duke, Hans-georg Ehrhart, And Matthias Karadi -- The Nordic Countries : Whither The West's Conscience? / Björn Möller -- The Southern Flank : Italy, Greece, Turkey / Georgios Kostakos -- Kosovo And The Case Of The (not So) Free Riders : Portugal, Belgium, Canada, And Spain / David G. Haglund And Allen Sens -- The New Entrants : Hungary, Poland, And The Czech Republic / Peter Télas And Laszlo Valki -- The Muslim World : Uneasy Ambivalence / Ibrahim A. Karawan -- Latin America : The Dilemmas Of Intervention / Monica Serrano -- South Africa : The Demand For Legitimate Multilateralism / Philip Nel -- India : An Uneasy Precedent / Satish Nambiar -- Nato : From Collective Defence To Peace Enforcement / Nicola Butler -- The United Nations System And The Kosovo Crisis / A. J. R. Groom And Paul Taylor -- The Concept Of Humanitarian Intervention Revisited / James Mayall -- The Concept Of Sovereignty Revisited / Alan M. James -- Analogies At War : The United States, The Conflict In Kosovo, And The Uses Of History / George C. Herring -- Media Coverage Of The War : An Empirical Assessment / Steven Livingston -- Effective Indignation? : Building Global Awareness, Ngos, And The Enforcement Of Norms / Felice Gaer -- The Inevitability Of Selective Response? : Principles To Guide Urgent International Action / Lori Fisler Damrosch -- The Split-screen War : Kosovo And Changing Concepts Of The Use Of Force / Lawrence Freedman -- Military History Overturned : Did Air Power Win The War? / Ray Funnell -- Force, Diplomacy, And Norms / Coral Bell -- Solidarity Versus Geostrategy : Kosovo And The Dilemmas Of International Democratic Culture / Jean-marc Coicaud -- The Good International Citizen And The Crisis In Kosovo / Andrew Linklater -- Unbridled Humanitarianism : Between Justice, Power, And Authority / Ramesh Thakur And Albrecht Schnabel. Edited By Albrecht Schnabel And Ramesh Thakur. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Kosovo conflict has the potential to effect international politics, the UN, major powers, and regional organizations. This text offers interpretations of the crisis from various perspectives including the conflict-parties; NATO allies; and the immediate region surrounding the conflict.