NATO's involvement in Kosovo and its transformation from a military intervention to a UN-authorized peacekeeping operation has played a key role in the evolution of the alliance's strategic and political agenda. This article explores the importance of NATO's engagement with Kosovo in retrospect and in relation to the future outlook for European and global peace and security. It focuses on the centrality of this case for NATO's post-Cold War identity and as a key issue in the renewed political conflict associated with the transitional international order. We make three arguments. First, we argue that NATO's involvement in Kosovo has shaped and exacerbated the broader friction associated with the shifting international order. Second, we make the case that this engagement has played a key role in the strategic, political and operational development of NATO and its evolving identity. Thirdly, as a result of this, we argue that NATO's evolution and transformation in Kosovo was guided by what we call the logic of successful security practices. This entails making prudent political choices and implementing practical steps to harmonize divergent strategic interests among NATO members, adapting to shifting security circumstances, and upholding the organization's significance, credibility and influence both within and beyond the Euro-Atlantic community.

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北约在科索沃和成功安全实践的逻辑

北约对科索沃的介入及其从军事干预向联合国授权的维和行动的转变，在北约战略和政治议程的演变中发挥了关键作用。本文探讨了北约与科索沃接触的重要性以及对欧洲和全球和平与安全未来前景的回顾。它重点关注本案对于北约后冷战身份的中心地位，以及作为与过渡国际秩序相关的新政治冲突中的一个关键问题。我们提出三个论点。首先，我们认为，北约对科索沃的介入已经形成并加剧了与国际秩序变化相关的更广泛的摩擦。其次，我们认为这种接触在北约的战略、政治和行动发展及其不断演变的身份中发挥了关键作用。第三，因此，我们认为，北约在科索沃的演变和转变是以我们所谓的成功安全实践逻辑为指导的。这需要做出审慎的政治选择并采取实际步骤来协调北约成员国之间不同的战略利益，适应不断变化的安全环境，并维护该组织在欧洲-大西洋共同体内外的重要性、可信度和影响力。