...Oxford Analytica Significance The Council declared Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) a potential EU member in June 2003, but withheld candidate status until end-2022. The 1995 Dayton peace agreement reconstituted BiH as a state, but with two separate regional ‘entities’ based on the warring sides...

... Bosnia, not to flex US military muscle but to remind Dodik of August 1995, when NATO bombing shattered RS forces and lines of communication, enabling combined Bosnian Muslim and Croatian troops to recapture from Serb forces large areas occupied during the 1992-95 war. RS legislation on the media...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Court will force Dodik into showing his hand © Oxford Analytica 2023. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Price controls keep electricity market afloat © Oxford Analytica 2023. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Cross-border gas links will be expanded BOSNIA: Yesterday Bosnia-Hercegovina's (BiH) state-level government decided to start negotiations with Serbia on a new gas pipeline. The EUR250mn (USD272.75mn) New Eastern Connection is a joint project by Srbijagas and Gas...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Dysfunctional politics to trigger intervention BOSNIA: High Representative for Bosnia and Hercegovina Christian Schmidt yesterday amended the constitution of the Federation (FBiH), one of Bosnia-Hercegovina's two entities. Using extraordinary powers, Schmidt...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Despite candidate status EU entry is far off © Oxford Analytica 2022. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Voting change will consolidate ethnic parties © Oxford Analytica 2022. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Significance His visit is part of a flurry of belated Western diplomacy to secure agreement on reforms, the lack of which has driven Bosnia’s recently escalating crisis. Success would demonstrate Western influence and BiH politicians’ willingness to pull Bosnia back from the brink...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Serb leader pushes peaceful exit from BiH © Oxford Analytica 2021. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

... and pitching Western and Eastern powers against each other. Impacts Facing waning influence and elections in 2022, Bosnia’s nationalists would rather deepen divisions than bridge them. The crisis is a difficult challenge for the United States and EU, and an opportunity for Russia, China and Turkey...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Serb boycott threat will test new viceroy politics social legislation health constitution crime judicial war Bosnia-Hercegovina EUR BOSNIA © Oxford Analytica 2021. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about...

... behaviour”. Such strains include Russia’s opposition to appointing a new high representative for Bosnia. Impacts Vucic’s call for regular reports from the high representative recognises his legitimacy while asserting Serbian interest in BiH. Croatian President Zoran Milanovic’s support for the 1995...

...Oxford Analytica Significance This was the third day of protests in Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) against negligent and corrupt authorities. COVID-19 has revealed the extent of Bosnia’s structural, administrative and political chaos, which is steadily escalating as politicians ignore the pandemic...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Some will work together against COVID-19 © Oxford Analytica 2021. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: No one will take responsibility for migrants © Oxford Analytica 2021. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Mostar moderates may also erode ethnic hold © Oxford Analytica 2020. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...

...Oxford Analytica Significance Low turnouts in elections in mid-November and ruling party setbacks suggest popular frustration. A quarter-century after the war, Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) is marked by division and dysfunction. Unless a way is found locally or abroad to fix its problems -- and soon...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Budget deal appears to permit local elections BOSNIA: Bosnia-Hercegovina's upper chamber yesterday adopted the 2020 state budget, including funding for delayed local elections. This required reconciliation with the version the lower house proposed on July 15...

...Oxford Analytica Headline BOSNIA: Croat-Muslim deal will be limited to Mostar © Oxford Analytica 2020. All rights reserved. This content contains general information about geopolitical, macroeconomic and social developments or (where stated) other matters. It does not contain advice...