A N A LY S I S DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS Since the last parliamentary elections in October 2019, Kosovo has had three govern­ments and— with upcoming elections scheduled for Febru­ary 14, 2021— is currently ex­pecting yet another reshuffle. A KOSOVO DRAMA IN FIVE ACTS What happened during this time? How could the voice for change that was expres­­sed so vociferously have been diverted? And how did the old ruling elite manage to claw its way back to power? Donika Emini February 2021 »A Drama in Five Acts« re­p­ orts on one of the deep­­est and most complex crises of the young country. The cause can be found, apart from the Kosovo-Serbia dilemma and the COVID-19 pandemic, above all in domestic power issues.