A Greek agenda for the Balkans

The situation in the Western Balkans is (once again) cause for concern. In Kosovo, tensions between the ethnic-Albanian majority and ethnic Serbs are a near-daily occurrence, while in North Macedonia, the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party is expected to win in presidential and parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, Republika Srpska, the ethnic Serb enclave within Bosnia that has de facto broken away from the country, is edging towards permanent secession.

Beginning with Kosovo, we are confronted with a stalemate. Prime Minister Albin Kurti is capitalizing on tensions with Serbia, delaying progress on the 2013 Brussels Agreement, which guaranteed security and relative autonomy in 10 Serb-majority municipalities. Fearing that their unification could lead to eventual secession, Kurti has failed to even come up with an alternative proposal to the models put forward by the Europeans. The...