*Altin Gjeta The relationship of the internationals, namely, the western powers with Kosovo is not new and barely linear. Kosovo was one of the four predominantly ethnic-Albanian populated provinces (vilajet of Kosovo) under the Ottoman Empire for many centuries. And when the Empire collapsed in the beginning of the 20th century, Albanian leaders declared independence in historical lands including Kosovo. Yet, great power politics of the time outmanoeuvred Albanians’ determination to have their independent nation-state governing all Albanian inhabited lands. The nascent and weak Albanian state was put under international supervision at the 1913 London Ambassadors’ Conference, while Kosovo and other parts of Albanian populated territories were carved out to please its neighbours’ ambitions. So, Kosovo was annexed by Serbia and for almost a century remained under its rule. There was systematic oppression of Kosovo Albanians, mass expulsion, imprisonment and torture....