With ethnic tensions, unresolved border disputes, pervasive organized crime and growing Russian, Turkish and Chinese influence in the region, the Western Balkans has re-emerged as one of the European Union’s most pressing security challenges. But does the EU have the strategic capacity to address it? The EU lost focus on the Western Balkans for much of the last decade. As the wars that followed the disintegration of Yugoslavia ended and the EU was overwhelmed by its own internal challenges, efforts to stabilize the region...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 14, 2018 04:30 UTC