Jared Kushner can’t conquer the Balkans
His proposed luxury hotel in Albania has sparked widespread protests – and revealed a deeper ideological unrest
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Lily Lynch
Lily Lynch is a foreign affairs writer based in Istanbul and an associate of the Alameda Institute.
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