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Golubović, Lazar (2023)

Offensive Realism in the case of the Kosovo War: The Shift in NATO-Russia Relations: How did the Kosovo War impact NATO-Russia Relations?

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Realpolitik is accepted in this thesis as the only approach to conducting international politics, by arguing that (a) the way the West enhanced and responded to the War in Kosovo in 1999, as well as its consequences of it is in its practice an obvious example of realpolitik; and (b) that these unilateral actions by NATO convinced and was a tipping point for the Russian leadership to conclude that they could not be partners with NATO, leaving the Russian leadership view the West as its adversary and seek self-helping mechanisms to protect what is left from their sphere of influence.

NATO, Realism, Kosovo, Russia

Author

Golubović, Lazar

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Russia and Eurasia

Supervisors

I.M. Scarborough

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en