Albanian President Berisha is responding to his domestic woes by becoming more reckless in his conduct of foreign affairs -- notably with respect to the Albanian population of Serbia's Kosovo province, a well-honed technique for diverting attention from difficulties at home.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Restoring trust in civil authority will be immeasurably harder if Mr Berisha remains president.

ECONOMIST: Albania

Albania's new Socialist government is struggling to assert its authority after a scrappy election in which it beat the right-wing party of Sali Berisha, who stepped down this week as president.

ECONOMIST: Macedonia