Christian COSTAMAGNA

Academic Year:
2024/2025

Field of Study:
History

Research Program:
NEC International

Affiliation:
Leibniz Science Campus “Eastern Europe – Global Area” (EEGA), University of Leipzig, Germany
Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe (CAS SEE), University of Rijeka, Croatia

Position:
Postdoc Fellow
Non-Residential Fellow

Country:
Italy

Research project: Understanding the NATO Intervention Against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The primary goal of this research is to challenge existing narratives about the Kosovo War and NATO intervention by examining new USA and Yugoslav declassified state sources, particularly focusing on two main factors behind NATO’s involvement: humanitarian justifications and geopolitical objectives. The preliminary examination has enabled the discovery of counterintuitive information that poses a challenge to prevailing interpretations.