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The USA's Western Balkans policy: Will there be a course correction after the transition?
Alexander Rothert
On January 12 this year, then State Department chief Balkan negotiator Derek Chollet tweeted after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Belgrade: “We want a strong relationship with Serbia, based on respect and a shared commitment to democracy Principles.
Thank you, President Vučić for a good conversation about the USA-Serbia partnership.” This was just one of a series of statements that were intended to underpin the new “partnership” in the media. It was the culmination of an experiment that caused great consternation among American security and Balkan experts, because Serbian democracy under the autocratic President Vučić is almost non-existent. Washington had pursued a policy of “containment” since the bombing of Serbia in Belgrade’s last aggression against Kosovo in 1999. Democratic systems in Serbia
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