Future Roles and Missions of the Kosovo Security Force

Abstract

Sustainable peace in the Western Balkans still remains to be desired. Ethnic impatience and nationalistic extremism are still strong and capable of ruining the peace achieved. Further engagement of the International Community is critical to achieving lasting peace. Further development of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is necessary to make Kosovo a fully functional country and society, and also is the best guarantee of preserving the peace in Kosovo and the Western Balkans. Kosovo's government and NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR) need to focus more on developing the KSF. The KSF should be engaged immediately in security tasks, in particular with the KFOR. The KSF should be developed as a strong defense force that will not threaten any neighboring country, but will have the capabilities it needs to defend Kosovo and its people. Key lessons learned are that a strong KSF is best way to preserve peace in the region, and that there is a critical need to speed up development of the KSF and NATO support in this process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 2012
Accession Number
ADA562991

Entities

People

  • Enver Voca

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Guard
  • Nato
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Students
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Sociology

Readers

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  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies