More: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Donbasization as Doctrine: The Fragmentation of the European Security Order
Authors: Zlatko Hadžidedić and Senadin Lavić*
Following the early 1990s argument of the so-called compensation theory—that Kosovo can go, but that the territorial loss on...
Post-Dodik Era Begins as Bosnia’s Serb Region Elects New President
Voters in Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic participated in a snap election on Sunday to choose a new president after the former president, Milorad Dodik,...
How the Yugoslav Wars Grew NATO and Subsequently Molded Vladimir Putin
In the 1990s, Europe witnessed one of the most harrowing conflicts since World War II, which involved widespread war crimes, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and...
Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Defies State Authority in Government Reshuffle
BackgroundBosnia and Herzegovina is divided into two entities under the Dayton peace accords: the Serb Republic (Republika Srpska) and the Federation shared by Bosniaks...
How International Law Became a Political Instrument in Post-War Bosnia
Unity in diversity is a noble cause, but that does not reflect the realities of the ethnically divided societies in what is now Bosnia...
Comparative Study of Reconciliation Efforts in Post-Conflict Societies
Reconciliation after violent conflict is neither a certain nor linear process—it requires time, patience, and constant efforts in understanding and appreciating the unique socio-political...
Republic of Srpska and the right to self-defense
Where Bosnia and Herzegovina begins, that is where logic ends. This statement has never had more meaning than now. Namely, Milorad Dodik, the President...
Betrayed by Guardians: The UN Peacekeepers’ Role in the Srebrenica Massacre
The July 1995 Srebrenica massacre is a notorious illustration of how humanitarian efforts and international peacekeeping could overlook one of the most horrifying crimes...
Kosovo lets Bosnians in without a visa. Why won’t Bosnia return the favour?
As Kosovo lifts visa requirements for Bosnian citizens, allowing travel with just an ID card, Bosnia and Herzegovina is stuck in a political quagmire,...
An Iconic Bridge, Its History, and a Veiled Human Fear
The vicissitudes of war are probably borne best by stoics, and the people of Mostar, having endured WW2, and, worse, the Yugoslav civil war,...