THE NEW APPROACH OF THE US ADMINISTRATION TOWARDS THE WESTERN BALKANS
THE NEW APPROACH OF THE US ADMINISTRATION TOWARDS THE WESTERN BALKANS

THE NEW APPROACH OF THE US ADMINISTRATION TOWARDS THE WESTERN BALKANS

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the attitude of the US administration towards the Western Balkans. The United States has chosen the path of engagement with the Western Balkans under President Donald Trump. This strategy is obviously the right one, and is already paying dividends in Macedonia. But serious obstacles—a deeply troubled and divided European Union and an unpredictable and impulsive leader in the Oval Office—remain, and need to be taken into account. The amount that the United States can do under a Trump Administration may not be enough, given the region’s deep-seated problems.

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