Flashpoint: A Path Toward Stability in the Western Balkans

House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe · December 3, 2025

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Chair opens hearing; frames goals for U.S. policy

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Chair (identified in the record later as Chairman Self) opened the subcommittee, said the hearing’s goal is to "promote balance in the Balkans," defending U.S. interests, prosperity, and deterrence; described Serbia–Kosovo as a strategic fault line and noted the stalled 2023 Ohrid agreement and Kosovo's election crisis (snap election Dec. 28).

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House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on U.S. policy toward the Western Balkans, focusing on Serbia–Kosovo relations, the role of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia, Chinese and Russian influence, sanctions decisions, and options for increased U.S. engagement.

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