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Both on the Visa List and on the Peace Board? The “Paradox” is not American

2026-01-19 14:49:18Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA ADRIAN THANO
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At first glance, the fact that Albania is included in a list of countries with visa restrictions by the United States and at the same time invited by Donald Trump to participate in the so-called Board of Peace seems paradoxical.

Can a country be a political ally for the US and at the same time a source of migratory risk?

Yes. It can. This is not a real contradiction in the logic of American policy, which uses different instruments for different purposes. So these two assessments are not mutually exclusive.

If it were otherwise, the Invitation would undo the List. In this case, this piece of paper would be truly important for Albanian citizens.

But they didn't undo it.

Albania has received an invitation not because it has political weight in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but precisely because it does not. It has no independent interests, no veto capacity, no ambitions for any autonomous role, no history of clashes with the American line, etc.

In short, it is a "safe" actor. Not by force, by predictability. We do not surprise, we do not oppose, we do not negotiate. Decisions are made elsewhere, we follow them, we are used, so to speak, for numerical legitimacy.

We are one more name in a picture where we will probably be the tallest.

But look what is happening in Tirana. This text sent to dozens of addresses is presented as a personal letter and a great historical success.

While the problem with migrant visas, although it is a real and concrete restriction that affects quite a few Albanian citizens, is relativized. It is trivialized. Even the Albanian citizens affected by this decision were declared "parasites" (!)

The essential debate should be precisely for them. It should revolve around the question of what needs to change so that the Albanian citizen is no longer seen as a migration risk from other countries? What should be done so that he is not forced to emigrate at all.

These are real government duties, not empty rhetoric of glory.

So the issue is not at all why the US acts this way and that way. If there is a "paradox" it is not American. It is an Albanian paradox. The List is deflated and the Invitation is deflated. The why is clear.

The invitation has come at a time when the government's real relations with the US are colder than official propaganda would like to admit.

It has also come to a stage when corruption investigations are at their peak and SPAK, in public perception, rightly or wrongly, is widely seen as a structure supported and encouraged by the United States.

In this context, every signal, even formal, from Washington serves to build a reassuring narrative that everything is under control, that the strategic relationship remains intact, that there is no reason for concern, etc.

So we are using the Invitation as an internal bonus, as political oxygen.

This is also superimposed on our perpetual provincial rant with foreign invitations. This never changes, damn it.

Not even when the leader was born in Tirana./Published in DITA


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