
Bosnia on the Brink of Collapse After Serb President’s Prison Sentence
“The Bosnia and Herzegovina you knew no longer exists,” Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said after being found guilty of defying the country’s UN High Representative.
“The Bosnia and Herzegovina you knew no longer exists,” Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said after being found guilty of defying the country’s UN High Representative.
“There can be no sovereignty if you’re a colony,” Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said, calling Bosnia’s western supervision illegitimate and announcing a possible referendum on the region’s future, which could rip the country apart.
As the Russia-NATO standoff preoccupied Western leaders in late 2021, the worrying development did not receive the care it merited. At a meeting of EU foreign ministers last Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at last presented their response.
Bosnia is not the way it is because of the Dayton system; it is the way it is because of the divided nature of Bosnian society.