Research and expert commentary on the geopolitical, economic and security dynamics shaping Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkans and the wider world.
The truth is that the outcome of the war in Ukraine, in a certain variant, may influence the situation in Southeast Europe if that is indeed the strategic goal of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. However, in all variants Dodik would more likely be used and pay the political price, than achieve any benefit for the wider community which he claims to represent.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is entering a new era in which clinging to outdated paradigms and hoping that great-power geopolitics will bend to our will is no longer tenable. We must initiate serious consultations and strategic reflection now—any delay will not only cede the initiative but also risk having decisions about our future made without our involvement.
The history of political orientation is an archetypal Bosnian question — a framework for navigating life-critical, crisis situations.
BiH's progress toward Euro-Atlantic integration is proportional to the involvement of the United States in its political processes.
Serbia's foreign policy toward its neighbours has exhibited a dishonorable continuity since the 1990s.
Behind the nationalist pageantry, the Assembly conceals deeper geopolitical implications for the region.
The June 9 declaration represents the culmination of a long historical regression.
The UN General Assembly vote extends the international legal battles previously won at the ICTY and the ICJ.
Nearly 150 years on, the Balkans once again serve as a battleground for today's global powers.
The neglected Balkans are becoming increasingly febrile and dangerous — ripe, in perspective, for Russian aspirations.
From the perspective of realpolitik, delaying and slowing down Euro-Atlantic integration causes immeasurable harm to its citizens. Any policy in BiH and the region that harbors utopian ideas that someone else will make a significant impact in these areas is on the wrong course.
Rather than acknowledging responsibility for the carnage, ultra-nationalist Republika Srpska politicians and their acolytes have spent the past twenty-six years denying that what took place at Srebrenica constituted a genocide and instead are shamelessly fabricating an alternate—and false –scenario.
So we see Poland and Turkey taking on greater significance as a result of the war, and China losing significance. There are many other reverberations. I chose these three, if it is not already obvious, because in my book “The Next 100 Years” I predicted the rise of Poland and Turkey and the decline of China.
Democratic values were already under threat around the world before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now we need to rekindle the spirit of 1989.
Beginning in 1995, after the Dayton Accords ended the Bosnian War, we made an agreement to add Russian troops to the peacekeeping forces that NATO had on the ground in Bosnia. In 1997, we supported the NATO-Russia Founding Act, which gave Russia a voice but not a veto in NATO affairs, and supported Russia’s entry to the G7, making it the G8. In 1999, at the end of the Kosovo conflict, Secretary...
It is quite certain that the greatest benefit from technological recombination and reverse transfer will be reaped by developing countries, i.e., those countries that enjoy cultural influences of both the West and the East, Bosnia and Herzegovina being one of them. The military and strategic success of brave and clever people of Ukraine is a practical example to support this claim.
However, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s instability is far more complex than the crisis in Ukraine for one structural reason: It is not in Russia’s near abroad but in the European underbelly, which presents both an opportunity and a threat for all opposing sides at the local, regional and international level.
In the future, the European Union and NATO will need to consolidate their internal ranks and show greater unity. The next step is to integrate the remaining countries in the Balkans into NATO and the European Union, with Bosnia and Herzegovina as the central country for regional stability.
There are interesting data on attack planes and helicopters, where the former FRY retains the right to 155 planes and 53 helicopters, 850 armored combat vehicles, 3750 artillery weapons, while for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, there’s a symmetry of the previously mentioned 410 battle tanks, 340 armored combat vehicles, 1,500 artillery weapons, 62 fighter jets and 21 attack...
As for the state property, i.e., ownership, it is clear that it covers the entire state territory, i.e., state land, public goods, mines, oil fields, mountains, rivers, road, rail, sea and air transport, etc. The legal holder of this entire state property, i.e. the territory, is the state, and municipalities are only the holders of the right of use.
Dr. Nada Klaić: "However, these unskillful projections on the Serbness of Bosnia are worth as much as Šišić's proof of the Croatness of Bosnia. However, the uncritical report of Constantine Porphyrogenitus on the Sclavinias can serve as a basis for conclusions only to those historians who do not care too much about historical truth. It is mostly of the same value as Dukljanin's news of Croatian...
Therefore, all pro-European political forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia must not agree to concessions under blackmail and threats from right-wing forces, whether they come from the region or the European Union.
How, then for Orban, Serbia could be a key state in the sense of an enlargement of the European Union to the countries in the region? Perhaps Prime Minister Orban does not know that under the command of Serbian General Draza Mihajlovic, systematic crimes were committed against Bosniaks in Eastern Bosnia, Sandzak and Montenegro during the World War II.
Growth in internet sales slowed for a fifth month and was the weakest since the business lobby group first started surveying retailers about their online sales 12 years ago.
While it is overly simplistic to refer to rural Afghanistan as simply an honor-revenge society, many Afghans can be greatly influenced by this dynamic. And an Afghan man’s honor for a millennium has been defined in a very real sense by how female family members, who exist in a state of purdah (seclusion), are treated, as well as how their possessions and property are treated.
In fact, given the relatively paltry number (fewer than 10 000) of US troops stationed in the entire country since the latter years of President Obama’s second administration, it would appear that US political and military decision-makers had long decided not to commit troops in sufficient numbers necessary to occupy and subdue the country i.e. to win the war.
Market indications of steady demand across each of these food, feed, and fuel sectors signal to traders that further price increases may be in store and have led to recent speculative buying, pushing prices higher.
In 1992, President Boris Yeltsin and Andrei Kozyrev, Russia’s first foreign minister, introduced the term “compatriots abroad” into the political lexicon. Since 1994, the concept has developed into a concrete state policy, manifesting itself in a series of laws and state programs, as well as through some foreign policy decisions. The concept of the “Russian World” only began to penetrate the po...
Despite the continuing presence of uncertainty, it is believed that the EU’s dependence on gas imports from Russia will continue to increase in the decades to come. This issue will be the main strategic challenge for the EU, but also for America, as the main European ally. European - Russian relations affect the direct relationship between the two largest nuclear powers, Russia and America.
The English version of the B&H Constitution is the only valid and authoritative one, mentioning the word "constituent", but not "constitutive". The difference is that the word “constituent”, as stated in the B&H Constitution (www.ohr.int), means “to be a part, or a component of a whole”, while the word “constitutive”, which is not in the B&H Constitution, means “to have power or authority to co...
It's not just NATO leaders and soldiers talking to each other. It's their platforms.
It has been estimated that by 2030 more than 600,000 people will be employed in the pilotless aerial vehicle industry. In the period ahead, it will be necessary to develop new skills and knowledges which will be a unique challenge for those companies that decide to integrate aerial vehicles into their regular operations.
According to the Arctic Council report, the number of ships navigating Arctic waters is continuously increasing, recording a growth of 25% in the period of 2013-2019. The number of kilometers traversed in the same period increased as well by as much as 75%, from 6.1 million km to 10.7 million km. When only cargo ships are observed, that number is increased by as much as 160%.
The Prespa Agreement, signed on 17 June 2018 between the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Greece under the auspices of the UN, ended the almost three decade long dispute between the two countries and allowed North Macedonia to realize its aspirations for joining NATO and the EU.
The first goal of separatist activities is by repeating the statements about the disintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which realization is impossible at this moment, to amortize public in order to make the abnormal topics as a normal and acceptable.
Sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 25 companies totalled US$361 billion in 2019, 8.5 per cent more than in 2018. The largest companies have a geographically diverse international presence. This is according to new data released today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Much of the theory of international relations focuses on the interests of states as one of the main causes of cooperation or conflict. Interests, like power and security, are understood in their most realistic form when they are built by socialization in international organizations or when they are achieved as relative or absolute gains.
The Western Balkans region is very vulnerable to foreign disinformation, which has intensified in recent years. Why is this? What can be done to mitigate it?
Contrary to the claims that US liberal hegemony is a source of discord, its mission in Europe was historically successful and mutually beneficial both before and after the Cold War.
Energy security has been a key strategic factor in military thinking since the start of the 20th century. Recent events show that it has become a major and growing challenge for the Alliance in an era increasingly dominated by hybrid warfare.
The conflict over Kashmir between Pakistan and India was waged in three wars and began in 1947. Both countries felt that the territory belonged to them completely.
The Biden administration's announcements that will renew the American alliance with Europe, and give support to the Western Balkans on the path of integration into NATO and the European Union, are encouraging.
Former US President Geroge W. Bush announced that three countries, Macedonia, Croatia and Albania, would become new members of the Alliance. Macedonian membership was opposed by Greece, which vetoed due to the unresolved dispute over Macedonia's name.
Citizens can hardly get informed about the facts of economic progress that a NATO membership brings, as well as overall prosperity, rising living standards, building infrastructure, better health and education.
At the moment, there is a potential to employ additional 6,000 people in an environmentally friendly industry with excellent working conditions.
When it comes to the Balkan region, Serbia is obtaining 70% of its electricity from solid fuels, while Croatia produces 60% of electricity in hydropower plants. Bosnia and Herzegovina has a strong overall capacity being an exporter of electricity, which generates 40% from hydropower potentials and 60% from the combustion of solid fuels.
Flying above the clouds across our planet, as a Boeing 747 pilot, I have come to realize that the sky is not the limit but the most cohesive tie, a bridge to anywhere!
Unmanned Aircraft Systems pose an ever-increasing, multifaceted threat to civilian and military infrastructure, assets and people. What are the Allies doing to address this challenge?
This statistic ranks the 15 countries with the highest military spending in 2019. With defense spending totaling 732 billion U.S. dollars, the United States ranked first.
A similar evil that has twice devastated Europe in the last century is active again creating the preconditions for new conflicts.