The Kosovo war helped consolidate the Responsibility to Protect norm. But Lena Surzhko-Harned and Jiří Nykodým argue that it also created the 'Kosovo precedent' used to undermine international law. Russia has often exploited this narrative to justify its current war in Ukraine
Postgraduate Student, International Relations and European Politics, Masaryk University, Brno
Jiří's primary research interests are the history of the Cold War, post-World War II international order, and political transformation.
In 2021, he completed a Bachelor's degree in the same area of study by defending his thesis The Reagan Administration and The Policy of Differentiation: The Case of Czechoslovakia.
