Playing with Fire: An Assessment of the EU's Approach of Constructive Ambiguity on Kosovo's Blended Conflict
Playing with Fire: An Assessment of the EU's Approach of Constructive Ambiguity on Kosovo's Blended Conflict
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玩火：欧盟对科索沃混合冲突采取建设性模糊态度的评估
DOI：
10.1080/19448953.2020.1715668
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发表时间：
2020
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1
通讯作者：
Kartsonaki A
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作者：
Kartsonaki A
本文介绍了“混合冲突”作为一种新方法，用于理解导致和维持复杂冲突的因素的多层次相互关联性。它评估了欧盟管理科索沃混合冲突的努力的影响，重点关注欧盟推动的对话和塞族多数城市协会/社区的建立。这表明，欧盟的建设性模糊策略在国家层面产生了短期效果，但它加剧了当地局势，从而危及长期稳定。根据经验，该研究借鉴了对科索沃和塞尔维亚的欧盟人员、政府、非政府和国际行为体进行反复实地考察和半结构化访谈的数据。本文从理论上和实证上为更广泛的冲突管理文献做出了贡献。
This article introduces ‘blended conflict’ as a novel approach for the understanding of the multi-levelled interconnectedness of factors that lead to, and sustain, complex conflicts. It assesses the impact of the European Union’s efforts to manage Kosovo’s blended conflict, focusing on the EU-facilitated dialogue and the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb Majority Municipalities. It shows that the EU’s tactic of constructive ambiguity has produced short-term results at the state level, but it endangers stability in the long term by exacerbating the situation on the ground. Empirically the study draws on data from repeated fieldtrips and semi-structured interviews with EU personnel, governmental, non-governmental and international actors in Kosovo and Serbia. This article contributes theoretically and empirically to the wider conflict management literature.