A recent statement by the US Ambassador to BiH will be met with much agreement; however it needs to be accompanied by a policy shift in line with the rhetoric.
President von der Leyen missed an opportunity to catalyze a new social contract for BiH.
The inconclusive outcome of a day of high-level meetings of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue in Brussels has made very public what has been clear for months: the German-French initiative has failed…
As facts about last weekend’s thwarted terrorist/paramilitary action in North Kosovo continue to come to light, one thing is clear- it is time for the West to commit to a policy overhaul in the region.
DPC breaks down the HJPC law amendment, and explains the impact.
Need a Dayton refresher? Watch the film Looking for Dayton….
The ruling by @ECHR_CEDH in the Kovačević v. #BiH case is, to repurpose a quote by then-VP Biden, a “big fucking deal”: it challenges central elements of the Dayton structure and business model of #Bosnia and Herzegovina politics.
DPC’s latest blog explains why the deal that HiRep Schmidt is considering imposing is bad in terms of substance and process, will have implications beyond BiH, and is another sign of the reduction in democratic self-confidence in the EU and US.
In this open letter, catalyzed by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia in cooperation[…]