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Dec 2022
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How fragile is peace between Serbia and ...

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After weeks of protests, ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have agreed to take down their barricades. Hopes are high that the latest flare-up in tensions will now calm down, but how fragile is the peace between Serbs and Kosovars? 

Join host Imran Khan.

Guests: 

Mimoza Kusari-Lila - Former deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo.

Helena Ivanov - Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society.

Florian Bieber - Professor of Southeast European History and Politics, University of Graz.

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