Shinasi A. Rama is Clinical Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics, New York University, USA. He served as Senior Political Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Kosova in the US. His research focuses on international relations and comparative politics.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Security Syntheses And The Transformation Of The Other Into A Deadly Existential Threat.- 3. From Ghandian Pacifism And Communitarianism To The War And The Warlordism: The Adjustment Of The Albanian Security Synthesis.- 4. Failed Negotiations, Intervention And Ethnocide: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Of The Security Syntheses.- 5. Kosova As A Chessboard: The Centrality Of The Balance Of Power.- 6. International Pro-Consuls And Marginalized Élites: The Security Syntheses And The Élite Fight For Survival.- 7. The Prelude To The Elections: Powersharing And The Failure Of The Multiethnic Project.- 8. And The Dominant Cleavage Is… Democracy, Nationalism And The Triumph Of The Security Syntheses.- 9. The Triumph Of The Security Syntheses: Towards A Newborn, Yet Stillborn, National State.- 10. In Lieu Of A Conclusion: Chasing Proteus: Deadly Existential Threats, The Security Synthesis, The Existential Entities AndThe State.