Europe: Nations Courted With Funds and Promises in Show of Soft Power

When the leaders of Albania, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo sit down with EU leaders in Italy on July 12, the agenda will be familiar. The summit is the fourth in a series of annual get-togethers known as the Berlin Process, and its goal is to strengthen economic ties between the European Union and the Western Balkans, as well as among the countries of the Western Balkans themselves....