Kosovo and Albania - A Special Relationship

This book offers original analysis of relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Albania, with a particular focus on 2008-2025 period. It provides an inside perspective bringing together scholarly contributions from academics, researchers, and diplomats from both countries.

List of contents

List of Figures
Contributors
Foreword - Enika Abazi
Acknowledgments - Liridon Lika.
1. Introduction: The Historical and Current Socio-Political Contexts of Kosovo-Albania Relations
Liridon Lika
2. Kosovo, Albania, and the Great Powers: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of State Borders
Liridon Lika
3. Albania and Kosovo, Commonalities and Differences in the Government Systems and Models of Representative Democracy
Afrim Krasniqi
4. Security Cooperation between Kosovo and Albania
Ramadan Ilazi and Fisnik Rexhepi
5. Kosovo and Albania: A Fraternal and Challenging Relationship
Sylë Ukshini
6. "We're One, but We're Not the Same": Statehood, Memory and Identity in the Kosovo-Albania Relations
Bekim Baliqi
7. Kosovo and Albania: The Meaning and Difference between "Ethnic Albania" and "Greater Albania"
Daut Dauti
8. Exploring Socio-Economic Gender Gaps Between and Within Kosovo and Albania
Sidita Kushi
9. The Role of the Albanian Diaspora in Kosovo-Albania Relations
Miftar Kryeziu
10. Conclusion: Assessment and Perspectives of Kosovo-Albania Relations
Liridon Lika
Index

About the author

Liridon Lika, PhD, is a lecturer and a researcher at the Center for International Relations Studies (CEFIR) in the Department of Political Science at the University of Liège (ULiège) in Belgium.

Product details

• Authors: Liridon (University of Maastricht Lika
• Assisted by: Liridon Lika (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 20.06.2025
• EAN: 9781041024941
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4102494-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Southeast European Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International institutions, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), EU & European institutions, Albania;Kosovo;Independence;Diaspora;Serbia