Why are the Balkans still a morass, 20 years since the last serious fighting? Why is a region that enjoys a unique privilege – a pathway to the European Union and NATO – still in the grips of ethno-nationalist leaders who openly call for updated versions of ‘Greater Serbia’ and ‘Greater Albania’? Why is Russia readily able to perpetuate the region’s divisions and how is China able to find such fertile ground for its corrosive projects?
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