Bosnia-Herzegovina – positive effects of the idea of ethnic electoral units
TransConflict is pleased to present the third and final part of a paper analysing ethnic electoral units in Bosnia and Herzegovina, produced by the Institute for... Read More
Bosnia-Herzegovina – the ‘Komšić’ problem and constitutional logic of ethnic electoral units
TransConflict is pleased to present the second-part of a three-part paper analysing ethnic electoral units in Bosnia and Herzegovina, produced by the Institute for Social and Political... Read More
Democracy, democratic representation and constitutional logic of ethnic electoral units in Bosnia-Herzegovina
TransConflict is pleased to present the first part of a three part paper analysing the ethnic electoral units in Bosnia and Herzegovina, produced by the Institute for... Read More
Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995 – part nine
TransConflict is pleased to present part nine of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995”, which... Read More
Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995 – part eight
TransConflict is pleased to present part eight of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995”, which “aims... Read More
Bosnia’s constitutional reform – response to Valery Perry
Florian Bieber responds to Valery Perry’s piece on constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
More muddling through in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Constitutional reform is never a “panacea,” in any country. However, by engaging citizens, creating opportunities for litigation and targeting constituencies ready and able to demand... Read More
Why constitutional reform will not solve the Bosnian blockade
Whilst the strong link between ethnicity, territory and governance has caused problems that contribute to the Bosnian crisis, the constitutional reform cannot hope to overcome... Read More
Sarajevo, one hundred years later
Last month commemorations were held to mark 100 years since the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand – and the beginning of the chain of events... Read More
The elephant in the room – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s unmentionable Constitutional disability
Considering the experience of post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina over 18 years, it is time to seriously question whether it will ever be possible for the best executed,... Read More
Bosnia and Iraq – cycles of calamity
Whatever government structure is finally developed for an ethnically segregated Iraq it should not be as dysfunctional as the Dayton constitution proved to be for... Read More
Breaking the silence surrounding war rape in Bosnia
Almost twenty years on from the end of the war, a new campaign aims to increase understanding and decrease stigmatisation of survivors of rape in... Read More
Natural catastrophe as possible inflection point
Signs that local authorities, patronage figures, and citizens are cooperating to pressure central and entity governments to reconstruct mutually beneficial infrastructure could indicate—finally—a determination to... Read More
Bosnia and Herzegovina – acknowledging the crimes of the past
Acknowledging the crimes of the past is a difficult but vital step to build lasting peace. Old wounds can easily be reopened by discussing history,... Read More
Living in two different worlds
Fule’s criticism of BiH politicians’ unwillingness to change the constitution and his criticism of political leaders for the economic, political and social failures in Bosnia... Read More
The undeluded going astray in Bosnia
The process of integration into the European Union, which has been stagnant for a decade now, has exposed the sad reality of a total lack... Read More
Bosnia – the country as wreckage
Protests over identity cards and economic anguish once again have shown that – by themselves – neither street action nor breathless rhetoric from full-time activists... Read More
The former Yugoslavia – independence and the fate of minorities – part five
TransConflict is pleased to present the fifth part of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Independence and the Fate... Read More
The Center for Peacebuilding from Bosnia and Herzegovina
TransConflict is pleased to present the profile of the Center for Peacebuilding from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a member of the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
The former Yugoslavia – independence and the fate of minorities – part four
TransConflict is pleased to present the fourth part of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Independence and the Fate... Read More
Failure in Bosnia
Bosnia’s future as a single, unified state has never been promising, but without effective leadership the future will be bleak indeed. The recent riots need... Read More
The fight for citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The protests and plenums in Bosnia and Herzegovina are a legitimate response by citizens to the unwieldy apparatus of government that has deprived them of... Read More
Protesting in Bosnia and Herzegovina – voiceless citizens and the breakdown of representation
The reasonable and legitimate concerns of the population are today passing through two different bottleneck – the arguably negative reaction of political parties and the... Read More
Moving Bosnia from protests to reform
In order to move from protests to reform civil society leaders must recognize some harsh realities and attempt to make real adjustment to see these... Read More
The former Yugoslavia – independence and the fate of minorities – part three
TransConflict is pleased to present the third part of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Independence and the Fate... Read More