Unconstructive Ambiguity

Since the end of the Cold War, the West has lost sight of the fact that the stakes in some conflicts are too high to be diplomatically finessed away.

Greetings from the Balkans, dear readers—yet again. Here, one of the big news items is what looks like the collapse of the decade-long “Brussels Dialogue” between Serbia and Kosovo. Why does this matter? I’m tempted to say that there’s a risk of things spiraling out of control, that there could be violence, and that this is a most unwelcome development …