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KURT BASSUENER

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  • April 23, 2026
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  • Home Slider, KURT BASSUENER, Publications, VALERY PERRY

The Vares  Mining Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Case Study of Corrosive Capital in an Already Corroded Political Economy

While there are many resources in Bosnia and Herzegovina that could provide a strong framework for a better future for the people in the country, the political economy has made it easy for a few actors to exploit these opportunities, extracting the resources and removing the wealth.

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  • April 14, 2026
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  • Blog, KURT BASSUENER, VALERY PERRY

The people of Hungary deserve support, not complacency

One could practically hear a collective sigh of relief across the European Union when Péter Magyar’s[…]

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  • December 29, 2025
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  • Activities, Home Slider, KURT BASSUENER, VALERY PERRY

Reflection on the Dayton Peace Accords

DPC’s Valery Perry and Kurt Bassuener participated in the FAMA Knowledge Transfer Module, The Good, the[…]

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  • November 17, 2025
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  • Home Slider, In the Media, KURT BASSUENER

Beyond Dayton: Imagining a Better Deal for Bosnia

Senior Associate Kurt Bassuener imagines the speech he would like to hear for Dayton’s 30th on November 21st from High Representative Schmidt and Head of EU Delegation Soreca – for Balkan Insight.

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  • October 16, 2025
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  • Activities, Home Slider, KURT BASSUENER, VALERY PERRY

An Opportunity to take Preventive Steps, and Catalyze a Forward Looking Rethink

DPC’s Kurt Bassuener and Valery Perry worked with the Standing Group on Atrocity Crimes to prepare[…]

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  • June 2, 2025
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  • Blog, KURT BASSUENER, VALERY PERRY

Rethinking EU Strategy in the Western Balkans: Squandered Influence

DPC looks at data related to various interdependence indicators to ponder why the EU for so long has punched below its weight.

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  • April 2, 2025
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  • Blog, KURT BASSUENER

The Fear, Patronage, and “Inat Politics” of Trump 2.0

Trump’s Fear, Patronage and Inat Politics in his 2nd Term

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  • October 2, 2024
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  • Blog, KURT BASSUENER

Reinforcing Oligarchy and Abdicating Responsibility

Kurt Bassuener breaks down the meaning and impact that the High rep’s forthcoming argument to the ECtHR on BiH.

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  • September 5, 2024
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  • Home Slider, KURT BASSUENER, Publications, VALERY PERRY

“The center went right a long time ago” – Voices heard on the road from Sarajevo to Thessaloniki

This report is based on discussions held in early June while traveling in the region and speaking with more than 20 interlocutors about their impressions of western policy, and what they would like to see for the future.

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