SERBIA PERSPECTIVE

Belgrade reads the NATO crisis through the lens of 1999. N1 Serbia covers the summit in Serbian — 'Tramp bi mogao da razgovara o napuštanju NATO sa Ruteom' — revealing the subject touches a deep nerve in a country that endured 78 days of NATO bombing 27 years ago. For Serbia, balancing between the EU and Russia, NATO weakening is both historical satisfaction and strategic risk: Alliance dissolution could leave the Balkans without a security framework, reviving regional tensions that NATO helped freeze. Serbian coverage cites American sources and White House statements directly, with factual precision that contrasts with the emotion the subject evokes. Belgrade does not jubilate openly like Moscow, but neutral tone masks deep interest: if NATO collapses, Serbia recovers strategic maneuvering room lost in 1999.