While Kosovo's demand for independence now seems irreconcilable with Serbia's determination to maintain sovereignty--possibly by force--it is not too late for compromise. But this is possible only by resuscitating an old institution of the international community: a confederation of states.
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Time is running out in Kosovo. If a United Nations-backed settlement is not reached by early December, the province’s majority Albanian population is likely to declare independence unilaterally – a move that the United States has announced it may support.