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Kosovo was the theatre of the most ambitious, intensive, and expensive state-building intervention ever launched. The results are unsatisfactory, however: although generally well-designed, Kosovo’s political and economic institutions are gravely inefficient, and socioeconomic conditions are worrying. The crisis of Kosovo involved also important political interests of the main Western powers, which, especially during the years that marked the height of the US's so-called unipolar moment, used it also as an occasion to refashion international relations. The two aspects seem closely linked. Their interactions may explain both the political and financial investment in Kosovo, and their results; the same interactions are presumably at play during these months, moreover, when Kosovo and Serbia are apparently discussing an agreement that might include a change of borders. Taking both aspects into account may shed light on the history of this state-building intervention, and could help draw broader lessons.

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