Political Crisis in Bosnia: Dangerous but Predictable
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Political Crisis in Bosnia: Dangerous but Predictable

In late October 2021, Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) tripartite presidency set out a new list of demands seeking to increase the autonomy of the country’s Serb entity, Republika Srpska (RS) which has since transpired into another crisis at the state level.  The main reason behind the current frenzy...

Srebrenica – remember the dead but don’t forget the living
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Srebrenica – remember the dead but don’t forget the living

As a 9-year-old girl, I remember vividly during one of my summer vacations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, sitting in front of the television whose language was still unintelligible to me, and watching scenes whose substance needed no explanation.  The clips contained images of old women hunched over headstones, shedding tears into clasped hands whilst coffins...