Kosovo became the scene of clashes between Serbs and Albanians that escalated into a bloody conflict, in which numerous civilians lost their lives. The role of the president of the former Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević, was vital in the development of the crisis: his systematic policies of repression against the Kosovar Albanian population fueled tensions, eventually leading to the final escalation in 1999. The conflict took on the characteristics of extremely brutal mass violence, which indused to to the intervention of the international community. NATO therefore launched the so-called Operation “Allied Force,” : an act that caused the bombing of Belgrade for nearly three months and it justified the action as a humanitarian intervention. However, the operation was strongly criticized, raising an intense debate over the legitimacy of the intervention itself.
Il Kosovo fu teatro di scontri tra serbi e albanesi che sfociarono in un conflitto sanguinoso, nel quale persero la vita numerosi civili. Il ruolo del presidente dell’ex Jugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević, fu determinante nello sviluppo della crisi: le sue politiche di sistematica repressione nei confronti della popolazione albanese kosovara alimentarono le tensioni, fino a condurre all’escalation definitiva del 1999. Il conflitto assunse le caratteristiche di una violenza di massa di estrema brutalità, tale da provocare l’intervento della comunità internazionale. La NATO avviò così l’operazione “Allied Force”, bombardando Belgrado per quasi tre mesi e giustificando l’azione come un intervento umanitario. Tuttavia, tale operazione fu oggetto di forti critiche, sollevando un acceso dibattito sulla legittimità dell’intervento stesso.
IL KOSOVO TRA STORIA, GUERRA E INTERVENTI UMANITARI: UN’ANALISI STORICO-POLITICA DEL CONFLITTO
PESLAC, ADRIANA
2025/2026
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Kosovo became the scene of clashes between Serbs and Albanians that escalated into a bloody conflict, in which numerous civilians lost their lives. The role of the president of the former Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević, was vital in the development of the crisis: his systematic policies of repression against the Kosovar Albanian population fueled tensions, eventually leading to the final escalation in 1999. The conflict took on the characteristics of extremely brutal mass violence, which indused to to the intervention of the international community. NATO therefore launched the so-called Operation “Allied Force,” : an act that caused the bombing of Belgrade for nearly three months and it justified the action as a humanitarian intervention. However, the operation was strongly criticized, raising an intense debate over the legitimacy of the intervention itself.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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