Provocations and Profits: Why Kosovo Stands Alone

Kosovo’s elections expose Serbia’s Kremlin-aligned aggression and the West’s troubling complicity, prioritising lithium over democracy while destabilising the fragile Balkans.

The political winds sweeping through Kosovo ahead of its ninth parliamentary elections since independence in 2008 seem to signal more turbulence than tranquillity. As the election date of 9 February 2025 approaches, Kosovo finds itself at a pivotal juncture, grappling with entrenched domestic divisions, lingering ethnic tensions, and a geopolitical landscape that is anything but stable. These elections mark the first regular vote since 2010, a significant departure from the political instability that has driven the nation to early elections multiple times in recent years. The stakes are nothing short of monumental.

Over two million registered voters are set to decide the future of a nation that has been both a case study in post-conflict state-building and a lingering geopolitical fault line in the Western Balkans. Yet, even the voter registry casts a shadow over the electoral process. With Kosovo’s population officially recorded at just over 1.5 million during the 2024 census, the dis…