Strategy in political science theory is an idea explored to the brim. From the first of us to understand that people think in specific ways, political scientists of any age have tried to understand (and predict) how certain actors will play their hands in the political theater and how to predict said “hands.” This is an article that follows the same footsteps and will try to show how a seemingly insignificant idea can impact almost any faction of Kosovar politics and most importantly, how easy it is to pull off.
On April 8, President Hashim Thaçi announced that the extraordinary elections in the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo (North Mitrovica, Leposavić, Zvečan and Zubin Potok) would be held on May 19. The reason is well known and I will not bother you with the details you already know, but the shortest version possible is that the 100 percent tax on Serbian commodities, introduced by Kosovo’s government in November, created an impasse with the Serb party governing the north (Srpska Lista), which led them to leave all their positions within the government (local and central).
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