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From DASH to Nancy VanHorn, Americans end their distancing from developments in the country...
After nearly eight months of complete silence from Washington, it seems that the calm in Albanian politics is coming to an end. The new US administration, since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, had kept a low profile in the region and in Tirana in particular.
The US Embassy in Albania withdrew from any public stance, while the chargé d’affaires, Nancy VanHorn, remained completely aloof from political developments. This approach was interpreted by local politics as an “unguarded window” to experiment with one-sided agendas.
But the situation has changed. Just a few days ago, Vanhorn appeared at the office of Prime Minister Edi Rama for an undisclosed meeting. And today, in the context of the start of the new parliamentary session, she went to the office of the Speaker of the Assembly, Elisa Spiropali. These two visits to the highest levels of the executive and legislative branches show that American diplomacy is returning to the scene. Not to make a presence, but to establish control.
This turn comes at a time when Rama was ready to undertake legal changes without the opposition, relying only on the numbers he possesses in parliament. Now it seems that any initiative that avoids consensus will face a critical eye from the American embassy. The US has returned as a real actor in the political game, not as a spectator.
In parallel, in a move that speaks louder than any statement, the US State Department hosted in Washington the head of SPAK, Altin Dumani. On a diplomatic level, this is a clear signal: if someone in the Trump administration has decided to open the door to Albania, that someone is justice. And more precisely, SPAK. Not ministers, not party leaders. A turn that shifts attention from political tables to criminal files.
Dumani's reception in Washington is not a courtesy visit. It is a bell tolling for Albanian politics. The US is publicly confirming that justice is an unquestionable priority and that support for SPAK is neither rhetoric nor accidental. It is returning to the center of American action in Albania.
Albanian politics must read this development clearly: the era of calm is over. The game without a referee will not last any longer. And when the referee is the USA, there is not much room for maneuver. /Pamphlet
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