PODGORICA – Professor at the American John Hopkins University and expert for the Balkans, Daniel Serwer, believes that Moscow will never give up Montenegro and says that it is not certain that all countries of the region will follow the footsteps of Montenegro and join NATO.

“Perhaps all the Western Balkan countries hope this will happen, but so far only Macedonia and Kosovo have been committed to their goal of joining the Alliance when they meet the necessary conditions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are hesitant, for obvious reasons. Alliance will be fine without them, but the big question is whether these countries would be better with NATO and are they ready for the necessary reforms.”