{"id":55173,"date":"2023-06-11T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T08:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=55173"},"modified":"2023-06-11T10:57:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T08:57:39","slug":"nyt-strategist-aleksandar-vucic-how-serbian-president-survives-civil-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/nyt-strategist-aleksandar-vucic-how-serbian-president-survives-civil-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT: Strategist Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, how Serbian President survives civil opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cNew York Times\u201d has dedicated yet another article to the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, following the one that accused him of links to organized crime.<\/p>\n<p>While noting that Vu\u010di\u0107 is praised by American and European diplomats and receives applause from a media machine that only crushes his critics, the newspaper writes that the Serbian leader is also in a weak position due to the situation in which Serbia finds itself.<\/p>\n<p>According to the American daily, after the protests that began in May and have been ongoing for several weeks, Vu\u010di\u0107 is now in the position of the victim, and tabloids and loyal television stations are coming to his defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not betting on his downfall because leaders like Vu\u010di\u0107 have very powerful survival techniques, but there is an open wound, and the sharks are circling,\u201d commented Vuk Vuksanovi\u0107 from the Belgrade Center for Security Policy, an independent research institute.<\/p>\n<p>According to the newspaper, who lurks in these troubled waters is Russia, which blames the West for the turmoil in northern Kosovo and does not recognize its independence.<\/p>\n<p>But for \u010cedomir \u010cupi\u0107, a professor of political science at the University of Belgrade, Kosovo is already lost to Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no realistic possibility for Serbia to regain control over it and rule over more than a million unruly ethnic Albanians,\u201d said \u010cupi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>However, he emphasized, such a situation is a \u201cgift from God for Moscow\u201d, which holds a \u201ctoothpick that it can always poke around to make the United States and Europe feel nervous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the \u201cNew York Times\u201d continues, the violence in Kosovo has also offered a rare reflection in the news of Vu\u010di\u0107, who has taken on his powerful role as the defender of Serbian interests at a time when he is struggling to quell protests on the streets.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55175\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55175 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests.png 2048w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-1068x712.png 1068w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/belgrade-protests-1920x1280.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters in Belgrade called on Friday for the resignation of top officials after two mass shootings that killed 18 people in May. Photo courtesy: Marko Drobnjakovic (Associated Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also, while high-ranking American and European diplomats have expressed anger over what they see as provocation from Kosovo, Serbia is pleased to be treated as an important partner.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper refers to the visit of the American General Daniel Hokanson to Belgrade this week, where he praised what he called the \u201cfantastic partnership\u201d between the United States and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe positive assessment given to him is part of American efforts to distance Serbia from Russia and move it towards the European Union,\u201d writes the American daily.<\/p>\n<p>But one positive aspect is that the scale of the popular protests and Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s failure to mobilize as many people in his rally on May 26<sup>th<\/sup> has united the divided opposition in the Balkan country.<\/p>\n<p>However, opposition parties reject the proposed snap elections by the Serbian president himself, as the ball is not in their court.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/09\/world\/europe\/serbia-kosovo-protests-vucic.html?smid=tw-share\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cNew York Times\u201d has dedicated yet another article to the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, following the one that accused him of links to organized crime. 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