Secure Future Series No. 1- How to Advance Kosovo-NATO Relations?

For Kosovo, membership in NATO is of vital interest and a shared objective across the political and civil society spectrum. This brief paper presents some ideas on how Kosovo can advance cooperation and integration with NATO. A precondition for any of these ideas to materialize is that Kosovo fosters its credibility as a rational and reliable partner to NATO. On July 17, 2025, KCSS organized a roundtable discussion with experts and other institutional and civil society stakeholders to examine the issue of NATO-Kosovo relations and the options available to Kosovo to advance partnership and cooperation with NATO, considering the political and legal context. This brief is based on the discussions at this roundtable and reflects some of the ideas that participants put forward.   Accordingly, we extend our gratitude and acknowledgement to all participants and the panel of the roundtable for their contributions.