Key security challenges in Kosovo

The Republic of Kosovo since February 17, 2008, when it declared its independence and created its new state, is a free, independent and sovereign state. In this context, identifying and defining the main security challenges in the Republic of Kosovo is of particular interest. The evaluation of the security sector strategic review analysis document, in relation to the comprehensive aspects of democratic institutions and contemporary organized crime, by the interviewees and respondents, identify the main threats and challenges to security in Kosovo. The aim of this paper is to test the connection and impact that they carry in themselves, national security and its challenges in relation to transnational organized crime in Kosovo. This paper will address the following issues: Purpose and objectives of the paper; research question; working hypothesis; analytical model and methodology; document “The security Strategy of the Republic of Kosovo”; key security challenges in Kosovo; trial of politicians and experts in both Albania and Kosovo and international experts on specific security challenges in Kosovo-comparative analysis; conclusions and recommendations