Ivana Stradner, specialist in the field of security and information, also an observer of political developments in the Western Balkans, considered that some countries of the European Union (EU), but also the United States of America (USA), do not understand that the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic is currently the main factor of instability in the Western Balkans.
Stradner, through a post on the “X” platform on Sunday, underlined that the Serbian intelligence has spent time to convince some figures in the Western world that Vučić is only interested in money and therefore remains a factor of stability, while doing at the same time that the Serbian president to appear “moderate leader” in the eyes of the organized Western community.
Serbian intelligence spent time convincing some figures in the West that Vucic only cares about $ and the economy is the key; to deliver the message ‘let’s forget the 90s and think about future collaboration’ – music to western ears; to destroy the pro-Western opposition and encourage far-right groups,” she said.
“Unfortunately, many politicians in the West do not understand Serbia. Some in the UK understand, but can’t do much because they have neither carrots nor sticks. Also, they have no idea what to do with Vucic because there is no opposition”, added Stradner, while expressing his shyness that very few leaders pay attention to the region.
And yet, many foreign analysts consider that the hopes of the Western community that Serbia’s European perspective would push Vučić to stick to democratic norms in the country and refrain from constantly undermining neighboring states have already been dashed because Serbia continues to march to a very different beat from the rest of the European continent.
Washington and some countries in the EU treat the President of Serbia as the factor of stability in the Balkans. When, in fact, he is the one who’s destabilizing it… he has learned this from his mentor Milosevic.