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Time for аction in the Western Balkans

In preparing the policy recommendations that follow in this paper, we conducted an intense and extensive inquiry. We met with numerous high-level officials, diplomats, civil society representatives, and members of the academic community throughout this process in New York City, Washington, D.C., Europe and select regional capitals. We engaged individuals from the United States, the European Union, the United Nations, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, Slovenia, Russia, Turkey, Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Greece, and Finland. We are grateful to them all for their insights, debate and candor during what proved to be a highly informative series of meetings. We would like to extend particular thanks to Ambassador Kai Sauer of the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations for his wisdom and advice throughout this process.