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Letter from Washington: Cornered Trump Reaches for Balkan Playbook
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Balkan Insight · North America
With midterms approaching and polls looking bad, the US administration seems to be mulling Balkan-style election giveaways – while also giving democratic backsliders and war crimes deniers a free pass.
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