Presentation of the Annual Review of Kosovo's Foreign Policy (2024-25)

October 2025

Today, the Prishtina Institute for Political Studies (PIPS) launched its Annual Review of Kosovo’s foreign policy.

The report highlights a period marked by strained relations with key partners, limited progress on multilateral engagement, and stagnation in the EU and NATO integration tracks. Despite the achievement of visa liberalization, Kosovo’s diplomacy has faced major setbacks.

Key findings include:

• Mounting challenges in Kosovo’s strategic relations with the US and EU, driven by the continuation of EU restrictive measures and shifting US priorities.

• Stalled advancement in EU and NATO integration processes, even after the milestone of visa liberalization.

• Diplomatic gains through new recognitions from Kenya and Sudan, alongside the opening of embassies in Colombia and Malaysia.

• Prolonged stagnation in the dialogue with Serbia following the Banjska events, with potential opportunities for a reset under renewed US–EU engagement.

The debate highlighted Kosovo’s growing diplomatic passivity, warning of a loss of strategic direction in its foreign policy. Another key point discussed was how Kosovo will navigate a shifting world order, from liberal frameworks toward emerging geopolitical realignments, and what this means for its strategic positioning.

At the panel, Muhamet Brajshori and Ilir Deda offered their reflections, emphasizing respectively that Kosovo has “lost its compass in dealing with allies and non-allies” and that “2025 will be remembered as a year of major losses in international relations, a setback difficult to reverse, even under a new government.”

The review, authored by Jon Krasniqi and presented in partnership with KAS, reaffirms PIPS’s commitment to advancing informed debate on Kosovo’s position in international affairs.

Read the full report:

https://pips-ks.org/sq/Detaje/ArtMID/1446/ArticleID/4323

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