Kosovo (how does it illustrate political and cultural globalization) - Essay Example

Kosovo’s political and cultural globalization Kosovo was not a republic but a province of Serbia; part of former Yugoslavia. Even though not being arepublic state, it has attributes like having its own assembly, a government and a seat on Yugoslavia’s rotating presidency (Belgrade, 2009). It is a province with a population of 2 million people that consists of over 90% Albanians. It is one of the seventh states that have taken separation from old Yugoslavia (Economist, 2009). It is still facing problems in building its concrete state.

Like many other former states of Yugoslavia who have taken the status of an independent state and are still facing difficulties in being recognized as a separate country by rest of the world; Kosovo has not been recognized as separate legal entity by many countries. Kosovo’s case has been forwarded to the international court; its ease of getting accepted as a separate legal entity will be dependent on this case result. This fight began when Serbs left the control of Kosovo after the intervention of NATO, during Kosovo war and handed it over to the United Nations; which has gradually forwarded the rule to Kosovo’s institutions (Belgrade, 2009).

After getting power, Kosovo started working towards attaining status of a separate recognized state. The fight is still on between two different ethnic groups, Serbian and Kosovo’s over this issue. The battle between Serbs and Kosovo’s over the issue of independence has been taken forward to the United Nation’s international court of justice. The reason behind this issue has not been resolved yet because as it has been already stated that 90% of the population of Kosovo consists of Albanians while the rest belongs to the Serbian ethnicity; there exists conflict between Serbs and Kosovo over the issue of not allowing Serbians living in the territory of Kosovo to participate in the government and having a right to express themselves.

Another reason is that the Serbian government is of the view that Kosovo institutions do not have the authority to declare independence as they are under the control of the United Nations, after culmination of Kosovo war (Belgrade, 2009). Due to above mentioned reasons the case was taken forth to international court; which consisted of 15 judges from all over the globe (Belgrade, 2009). Kosovo’s separation from Serbia resulted in weak government in Serbia. Although having separate existence, Kosovo’s administration is very poor and weak.

Many allegations have been made on Kosovo’s administration regarding the increase in crime rates; Kosovo being red light region for drug trafficking (Economist, 2009). The case regarding approval of existence was withheld in the international court, as many powerful countries’ relationships were at stake. Along with 22 European Union countries, the United States of America also accepted Kosovo as a separate state. Most of the countries were in support of Kosovo but still the debate regarding which should be given importance: self determination or state integrity in such cases has not been resolved yet.

Apparently Russia was not against independence of Kosovo, supporting it which means that Russia has been in favor of self determination and right of expression of many insurgent minorities, they warned. As a result of this hearing, Kosovo was at advantage and has gradually been able to gain acceptance from many other countries, regarding independent status. We can conclude from the whole discussion that the major reason behind this issue has been unclear regarding the amount of importance that should be given on self determination and human right of self expression.

The other reason behind this issue has been very clear that world powers are not in favor of small separate independent states’ existence; as they are afraid that if self expression is given importance, it may happen that rebellious forces become active in their state. Argument given by these states is that they believe in nation’s integrity, however. Work cited 1. Belgrade, (2009), “A legal separation? Kosovo’s independence from Serbia is scrutinized in the international court”, Economist, viewed on 12 May 2011. 2. Economist, (2009), “Kosovo independence-one year on”, viewed on 12 May 2011.