The master's thesis examines the EU as a mediator in the case of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. It explores which factors led certain EU levers of power to weaken and consequently lead to lower EU effectiveness in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue after 2015 in terms of EU mediation strategy, levers, conflict context and compliance. The master's thesis is designed as a qualitative case study based on the content analysis of secondary and primary sources. It also analyzes the factors that influenced the effectiveness of the EU as a mediator and compares them across different time phases of mediation. I have divided the stages of mediation into three meaningful time periods marked by different high-ranking representatives. Thus, the first phase of the dialogue was under the auspices of Catherine Ashton, the second phase of the dialogue was under the auspices of Federica Mogherini, and the third was under the auspices of Josip Borello. The third phase in the dialogue represents a special phase, because in addition to Borello, Miroslav Lajčak also received a large role in the dialogue. Finally, the analysis showed that while the mediation strategy remained the same, the levels of compliance and leverage changed, and I found that the effectiveness of mediation was most affected by the weakening of EU leverage. However, it is important to note that at the time of writing the master's thesis, the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština was still ongoing.
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