Ultra-nationalist radical Tomislav Nikolic won the first round of Serbia’s presidential elections. If he wins the whole thing, this is nothing short of Serbia voting to rehabilitate the legacy of Milosevic.

Be prepared to hear commentary on how the West’s unreasonable policy over Kosovo has brought the hardliners to power in Serbia. That’s nonsense. This is the result of Serbia never having been compelled to come to terms with its most recent history, either through decisive military defeat or through a proper criminalization of its actions through the farcical ICTY.