Long-time Bosnia watchers Vlado Azinovic, Kurt Bassuener, and Bodo Weber from the Democrtization Policy Council in Sarajevo issue a warning to the EU and NATO to restore a deterrence capability in the country:The deterioration of the prevailing political dynamic is...
OK, so I've been bit pessimistic of late -- an impending war between Israel and Iran, the rise of religious fundamentalisms around the globe, Bosnia's leadership taking the country back to the...
Our political discourse is seriously out of control. Retired Marine Corps General John J. Sheehan -- an ardent opponent of gays in the military -- testified before the Senate Armed Services today...
As Charli pointed out a while ago, I co-authored a piece in the current issue of Foreign Affairs on the backward slide in Bosnia over the past three years. My co-author, Patrice McMahon, and I noted...
Last week's issue of the Economist included a glowing discussion of successful nation-building in the former Yugoslavia: Almost 20 years after political bonds were severed by war, day-to-day links between companies, professions and individuals are quietly being restored. This huge shift in the daily life of the western Balkans is happening without fanfare. Few people have even noticed it. Those within the sphere take it for granted. Those outside are blithely ignorant. Perhaps that is not surprising. Good news is no news: the preparatory meeting to set up a south-east European firefighting...