Reappraising Western failures during the break-up of Yugoslavia
As we approach the sad day of 20 years on from the Srebrenica massacre, it has become – unsurprisingly – the object of much reappraisal... Read More
Mothers of Srebrenica – the fight for truth and justice
After 20 years, the Mothers of Srebrenica are continuing their fight for truth and justice. Chloé Gaillard and Marion Pineau met with Zumra Sehomerović, who... Read More
The Center for Peacebuilding (CIM) from Bosnia-Herzegovina
TransConflict is pleased to showcase the work of the Center for Peacebuilding (CIM) from Bosnia-Herzegovina, a member of the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation.
Yugoslavia, Syria and Iraq – lessons learnable?
The demise of Yugoslavia has several important lessons for other divided contexts. First, if you want to maintain the stability of internally divided states, it... Read More
Inertia, violence, inertia
Balkan communities have little hope of escaping the treadmill they are on unless the turn away from the EU, US, Russia, and other outside “helpers”... Read More
The art of peace – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Civil war has left deep scars on society in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Local organizations are, however, using the arts in innovative ways to encourage reconciliation... Read More
Agreeing to end civil wars – reflections from the Balkans to Ukraine
If civil wars were not destined as a rule to yield uneasy but stable partition, then it is hard to see why they would be... Read More
Building bridges in Bosnia – using storytelling to close the gap between theory and practice
A recent peacebuilding conference in Israel discussed the role of culture and memory in peacebuilding. Storytelling is vital to explaining the past for future generations,... Read More
Law and genocide – lessons from the Balkans
An appreciation of the limitations of legal process in passing historical judgments may well have been uppermost in the minds of the Judges of the... Read More
The banality of evil in Republika Srpska – a victim’s perspective
Almost twenty years after the Srebrenica genocide and ethnic cleansing in Prijedor, the Republika Srpska government still broadly denies these traumatic experiences of Bosniaks and... Read More
Ethnicised justice and dealing with the past in ex-Yugoslavia
There was much hope in the international community that the Hague war-crimes tribunal on former Yugoslavia, allied to domestic proceedings, could point the region to... Read More
Vojislav Šešelj – time capsule
Seselj-watchers of all ages would be well-served to see in his contorted face the kind of mis-directed passion that kills countries, poisons communities, and leaves... Read More
The spectre of nationalism in the modern Balkans
Although the history of the Western Balkans has a cyclical quality, one thing has changed. The region’s quarrelsome peoples have been separated politically, which means... Read More
Overcoming the stigma of sexual violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Up to 50,000 women were raped during the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The stigma and silence around sexual violence means that their suffering has continued... Read More
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the failed revolution of the SDP (2010-2014) – part 1
Although in Bosnia and Herzegovina identitarian and ethnic parties are usually blamed for the chronic political deadlock of the country, a thorough examination of the... Read More
Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995 – part eighteen
TransConflict is pleased to present part eighteen of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995”, which... Read More
Bosnia – the international community and Izetbegović’s project of dediscoursification
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s politics in the post-Dayton period is to a large extent a politics of continuation of war by other means, and for such... Read More
Bosnia – Izetbegović and implementation of the Dayton peace agreement
Alija Izetbegović, a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina until 2000, considered the post-Dayton peace agreement period as a frame that ought to be... Read More
Bosnia – the theory of dediscoursification and Dayton as a continuation of the state of war
The theory of dediscoursification explains in detail what exactly happens when language fails; that is, when some political actors gradually come to a realization that,... Read More
Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995 – part seventeen
TransConflict is pleased to present part seventeen 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 sixteen
TransConflict is pleased to present part sixteen of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995”, which... Read More
Bosnia – stabilization stalled in negative peace
The current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina can be can safely described as extant negative peace. Structural and cultural violence are endemic. The pressing problem... Read More
Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995 – part fifteen
TransConflict is pleased to present part fifteen of a chapter of “Confronting the Yugoslav controversies – a scholars’ initiative”, entitled “Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995”, which... Read More
Is Komšić a better Lagumdžija?
The impact of the recent election could become more “civic” than it might appear, if politicians seeking to represent that term examine their own motives,... Read More
Time for a national dialogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina
It is time for a national dialogue in Bosnia and Herzegovina; one that follows the pattern pioneered in Tunisia, which brought together civil society, business... Read More
