A Legitimacy Scandal Rocks Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Legitimacy Scandal Rocks Bosnia and Herzegovina

The illegal and illegitimate imposition of Christian Schmidt as Bosnia’s viceroy with self-ascribed powers is in deliberate contravention of applicable principles of international law and makes a farce of the “rules-based order.” Over quarter of a century after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995, though technically a sovereign state and a member…

Srebrenica: New Disclosures Further Undermine Bogus Genocide Narrative

Srebrenica: New Disclosures Further Undermine Bogus Genocide Narrative

The human cost of R2P genocide prevention activities ultimately originating with Srebrenica has been appalling, Stephen Karganovic writes. This year, the annual July 11 Srebrenica remembrance ceremonies will be more subdued than usual. There are good reasons for that. The “Ukraine fatigue” which is spreading to many countries has now been augmented by Srebrenica fatigue….

How an Attack on a Serb Wedding Party Eventually Led to Bosnia’s Civil War

How an Attack on a Serb Wedding Party Eventually Led to Bosnia’s Civil War

An outsider who happens to be in Bosnia-Herzegovina on March 1 can observe a phenomenon that speaks volumes about the Balkan state. It’s a “national” holiday without a nation, celebrating the independence of a country that’s technically a protectorate, and entirely dependent on foreign powers. It is an official holiday in only one of the…

The Bosnian Crisis May Be About to Get Ugly

The Bosnian Crisis May Be About to Get Ugly

For the multipolar world coalition as well as his Serb constituency, with all his flaws Dodik is preferable and vastly more useful than the utterly vile bought and paid for local competitors seeking to replace him. America’s outstanding public philosopher and occasional baseball personality, Yogi Berra (not to be confused with the equally prominent cartoon…

Balkans Sitrep: Orange Revolution in Bosnia Gains Modest Traction

Balkans Sitrep: Orange Revolution in Bosnia Gains Modest Traction

After two spectacular failures, the foreign-directed opposition in the Republic of Srpska is not a sure bet to triumph this time around. It seems that our initial assessment that the post Sunday October 2 elections Orange Revolution unleashed in the Republic of Srpska was floundering was a bit premature, as much as was the opposition’s…