Yickit: Its not a word...yet » EU http://yickit.com Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:59:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-20320 Kosovo, An Independent State http://yickit.com/kosovo-an-independent-state/ http://yickit.com/kosovo-an-independent-state/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:49:14 +0000 eschapp http://yickit.com/2008/02/17/kosovo-an-independent-state Continue reading →]]> Earlier today Kosovo declared it’s independence from Serbia after nine years of UN peacekeeping. The newly declared state is expected to be quickly recognized by both the European Union and the United States. Once recognized Kosovo will become the 193 independent nation in the world.

Kosovo’s independence does raise to interesting questions. First, Serbia has already refused to recognize Kosovo, and declared it a “false state.” I wonder if Kosovo will be the new Taiwan, and independent nation to most of the the world, but a rebel state to its former parent state.

Kosovo’s Flag

Second, how will the effort that the UN, EU, and United States displayed in creating an independent Kosovo effect Israel-Palestinian relations? Will the world push harder for a Palestinian state? Will the Palestinians look to Kosovo as an example fit for emulation?

I wonder how many new nations will be liberated in the next 50 years?

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