... presidential election in the U.S.
Yakov Smirnov
The recent Paris-hosted meeting between Vucic and Macron is an interesting case of the Serbian president soliciting support and assistance from one of the Western leaders in resisting pressure from Brussels, Berlin and Washington on Kosovo and Srebrenica. Macron is clearly cannot be trusted in this matter, so Vucic is trying to play all his cards and exploit ... ... European camp.
At the same time, this move is unlikely to bring Vucic any political dividends, so he will turn to Russia and China and look for support within the European camp.
As regards the new government, Milos Vucevic is a compromise candidate for ...
... has been looking for military support from the West to take back separatist territories and does not share Western interests (e.g. Tbilisi refused to recognize Kosovo).
Moscow should also be cautious when it comes to its bilateral relationship with Serbia. Belgrade is seeking support from Russia — and more recently from the People’s Republic of China — to counterbalance American and European soft power in Kosovo and does not support Moscow’s views regarding Abkhazia and South-Ossetia.
Geopolitics versus International Law
The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States, signed in 1933, states: “the state as a person of international law ...
... ago on the basis of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe; Russia, the US, and China took part in the deliberations of the Council, with the EU playing the main role)... ... changing the format of the Brussels talks, and with the consent of the Albanian and Serbian parties.
3. The third scenario is the “Permanent Balkan Conference — broad... ... for the Balkan states themselves.
Ekaterina Entina, Dejan Novakovic:
Negotiations on Kosovo 2019 — Opportunities and Limitations for Russia
Long-term Scenario of a “Package”...