Kosovo-Serbia tensions: Mood on the ground, possible scenarios

Neither the Serbian government nor the Kosovo Serbs in northern Kosovo recognise Kosovo’s independence [Florion Goga/Reuters]

As 2022 winds down, the world is increasingly nervous about Kosovo and Serbia’s sabre-rattling further escalating as ethnic tensions in northern Kosovo continue to flare.

Serbia’s army put its troops on “highest level of combat readiness” six days after Prime Minister Ana Brnabic declared that tensions were “on the brink of armed conflict”.