The author is an associate professor of political science at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul. ISTANBUL  In the latest rhetorical escalation of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, on July 21, Belgrade announced it would suspend the EU-brokered normalization process with Pristina following the arrest and pre-trial detention of Igor Popovic, a Serbian negotiator and deputy director of Serbia’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija. Popovic was accused by high-level Kosovo officials, including Prime