Putin perfectly understands Serbian culture and history and this is how he outmaneuvers the West in the Balkans by using this vulnerability to destabilize the region via his proxies in Belgrade.
History, culture, identity politics and ideology make people tick in the Balkans.
Western policymakers naively believe that economic investments will make Serbia peaceful. They won’t.
After the end of the Cold War, Washington also thought that free market and economy would prevent wars in Yugoslavia.
@CounselorDOS@albinkurti Who ordered and organized the "the heinous attack" against the Kosovo police? Is it one of the two parties, whom you invite to return to the dialogue mediated by the EU, and to implement the Ohrid commitments? Does the US Government "dialogue" with terrorists?
@USAmbKosovo Dear mr. ambassador Jeff Hovenier, Mr. Vucic/the perpetrators just followed th advice of mr. Gabriel Escobar, not to "change tactics". Since, ju know, Kosovo is "just" 1.7 mil country.
@USAmbKosovo Shame on you. This is incredible. It's like listening to the Russian ambassador emboldening the Chetniks against the legitimate government of Kosovo.
@USAmbNMacedonia Why only congratulations in Macedonian, Madam Ambassador!? There are also Orthodox Albanians! Or do you stick to the Serbian division of the Balkans: all Christians are Slavs and all Albanians are Muslims (Turks)!?
@timjudah1@SPendarovski Do Pendarovski have reasons to be worried? Did Pendarovski explained, why would Albanians want to change the borders? Whose concern and interest did Pendarovski express in his passionate speech - Slavs or Albanians?
@ditmirbushati@abithoxha@EU_Commission@SPendarovski Prandaj dhane (vetem) partite shqiptare votat presidentit te ri S. Pendarovski - per te thelluar akoma me shum ndarjen e shqiptareve ne te dy anet e kufirit artificial, tani ne BE/non BE!