In Pristina, against the brutalist architecture stands Bill Clinton waving, a three-metre statue sculpted in a realist style by Izeir Mustafa. Greatly respected among the Albanian community, the former U.S. president Bill Clinton is perceived as having played a key role in setting in motion the 1999 NATO intervention against the Milosević regime. Upon the war’s end, many streets and boulevards in Kosovo carry his name. Unveiled in 2009, the statue was commissioned by “Friends of America, Friends of Bill Clinton”, an organization that nurtures amicable relations between Kosovo and the United States.