Montenegro

Soon after the NATO summit, President Trump appears to have undermined Article 5

London’s Western Balkans summit goes well despite foreign secretary’s no-show and imminent UK disappearing act

Montenegro’s democracy and rule of law will be in doubt as long as the authorities fail to quell criminal violence

The incumbent government will keep a pro-Western course but is unlikely to overcome Montenegro’s deep divisions

Milo Djukanovic has dominated politics for as long as Montenegro has been a country

Veteran leader Djukanovic’s return to office from retirement may be necessary -- although he has never really left

Delays in bringing the six Western Balkan countries into the EU are due as much to the aspirants themselves as the EU

Claims of Russian involvement in a coup plot are hard to verify but the case has major domestic political implications