The Albanian war in Kosovo drips with international relations theory. Generously packed with interactions, mostly violent unfortunately, there is ample fertile ground for one's harvest of theory. With social rifts of anguish, with each side unable to appease the other, the country has slipped into an entrenched ideology of pitting nationalism against each other. The scale of the war predates NATO and the UN, institutions that took a firm stand in Kosovo, and even the whispered declaration of war. The theory provokes a deep understanding of engagement, with the Kosovo Albanian conflict fitting well among the examples. According to the Oxford Handbook of International Relations, one of the four principles that define classical realism is groupism. Groups create policy, based on how they choose to work together or against each other. In the Kosovo Albanian conflict, Yugoslavia, as a nation state, carried out injustices against the Kosovars and subsequently its disintegration allowed them to declare their independence. Kosovo was originally peaceful, but the cyclical injustices demonstrated by the Serbs led to the founding of the Kosovo Liberation Army, also known as the KLA, indicates Kosovo's growing resentment towards oppression by the Serbs and its willingness to take weapons to defend their country. dignity. NATO and the United Nations play a crucial role in helping to end the war; NATO carried out its first airstrikes against the Serbs, and the UN publicly condemned Yugoslavia's use of excessive force and imposed not only economic sanctions but also banned the sale of arms to Serbia (Oxford, 133). The United States and other Western nations became involved in the conflict, most likely due to US push. The United States... at the center of the card... turns to NATO and the UN, to operationalize Liberal Constructivism; due to the fact that many of these institutions function according to a collective and sovereign decision. Such decisions would be impossible outside of the legal and other norms under which their relationships are derived. Observing the Albanian war in Kosovo through four different canonical theories of international relations means observing the international system through a microscope, making sure to frequently adjust the magnifications. It allows us to see not only from multiple perspectives, but to allow for a broader understanding of not only the conflict, but of the world as a functioning organism. The relationships between states, groups, societies, institutions and individuals, working together or against each other, form the foundation of interactions that will later transform into politics, which, in turn, will age into history..