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Donald Trump's administration does not have much time for the Balkans. 

Source: VOA Wednesday, February 6, 2019 | 09:32 

(Thinkpad)

That's according to Daniel Hamilton, an expert at the School for Advanced
International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

According to Voice of America, this prominent connoisseur of European
circumstances, is also not convinced that Washington, and even the European
capitals will make enough effort to speed up the process of Euro-Atlantic
integration of the remaining Western Balkan countries. 

Hamilton, who, with to his harsh estimates, stands out from other
balkanologists, says the United States under President Trump has no time to
deal with the region. 

According to him, things are not much better with the European bloc, where
Chancellor Merkel has been trying to do more for the region over the past
few years, but has recently been giving up up on it. 

In the meantime, the impact of non-European countries has been strengthened,
he told Voice of America. 

"And not only Russian influence, including the influence of the state, but
also of Russian organized crime. The Chinese are also unusually ambitious in
investing in Europe. Islamic countries have made a significant impact in
Bosnia and other parts of the region. Turkey is also engaged for its own
reasons, not always as part of the Western approach. In addition, political
leaders in most countries are stealing from their own population and are
using state levers to hold on to power," Hamilton said.

 

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