The process descended from practical talks to a trade row and to an open dispute. Each side still believes that its gain can only come at the loss of the other. The national interest is short-sightedly defined as undermining of the other side’s national interest. The goal of this analysis by the New Policy Center (NPC) from Belgrade and the Project on Ethnic Relations Kosovo (PER-K) from Prishtina is to prove that both countries must realize their interest in helping each other to become functional.