... Serbia is particularly dangerous, as it could set a
precedent
for Kosovo and Albania to launch the process of “gathering the territories” ... ... population, which threatens the territorial integrity of Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia. Calls for establishing Great Albania have ... ... cantons in Brussels.
The Immediate Outlook
Andrey Kortunov:
Russia–EU Relations in 2020: Opportunities, Limitations and Possible ... ... development. As the European Union’s traditional role in the Balkans has weakened somewhat, other powerful actors have established ...
... for the Balkan states themselves.
Ekaterina Entina, Dejan Novakovic:
Negotiations on Kosovo 2019 — Opportunities and Limitations for Russia
Long-term Scenario of a “Package” Settlement
The “spontaneous” territorial... ... holding a nonstop informal discussion in order to outline possible scenarios of the Balkans settlement in a long run.
Among the external actors, the UK is the one to be... ... the creation of “ethnocentric states”, namely, “great” Albania, “great” Serbia, and “great” Croatia. This scenario would mean the following territorial...
... effective mediator of this process. What Pristina did was the introduction in November 2018 of double customs duties on goods from Serbia as well as from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the announcement of the creation of the army of Kosovo, an extremely rigid negotiation platform for further dialogue with Belgrade promoted by the government of Ramush Haradinaj.... ... participation. The attempts of France and Great Britain to act independently from the EU are also obvious. Within this framework, Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, as well as a participant in all previous negotiations on the Balkans since the 19th century onwards, has obtained the opportunity to get involved in the settlement of the Kosovo issue. At ...
