Balkans: the remapping isn't done?

Economist piece.

The US and EU want no redrawing of borders between Serbia and Kosovo, and no diplos on either side makes the case publicly yet.

And yet, expectations are rising that a slice of Serb-heavy northern Kosovo will get handed over in the ongoing custody battle.  Why?  Something like half of Kosovo's Serbs are found there.

The EU warns Serbia that it's jeopardizing its admission application, and yet, nobody wants a new Cyprus.

Very familiar dynamic: small population tied to neighbor is trapped inside border; that nation's government can't really extend its writ there; so the upshot is continued unrest and non-resolution, because the would-be-breakaway region can neither break away or come under stabilizing rule.

Custody decisions get revised all the time.  This one should too.