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  • February 27, 2023
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  • Authors, Blog, BODO WEBER

Why the German-French initiative on Kosovo-Serbia won’t add up

Today, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is hosting Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and […]

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  • July 25, 2022
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  • Blog, DPC

High Representative Raises White Flag of Moral Failure over West’s Policy in BiH

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.

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  • June 8, 2022
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  • Blog, VALERY PERRY

Policy Paralysis Fill-in-the-Blank

Valery Perry uses a “fill in the blank” template to reflect on the Groundhog Day media cycles that we see surrounding policy problems that have become impossible to solve due to various interests, eroding citizen trust in democracy in the process.

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  • July 9, 2021
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  • Authors, Blog, Home Slider, VALERY PERRY

Tilting at Windmills? Bottom-Up Individuals Trying to Undo the Damage of Top-Down Politics

Peter Lippman’s book on return, engagement, and peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina offers an excellent historical survey of the past 25+ years, while providing insights that should inform current policy making.

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  • April 20, 2021
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  • Blog, Home Slider, VALERY PERRY

The Struggle for Independents – Snapshots from the US and Bosnia

In this blog DPC’s Valery Perry considers the impact on democratic systems when it becomes structurally or socially impossible to exist as an independent, looking at recent cases in the US and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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  • March 25, 2021
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  • Blog, Home Slider, VALERY PERRY

The Vocabulary of False Choices

Valery Perry considers the false choices emerging in discussions about election and constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, drawing comparisons to other similar false choices that have been politically weaponized in the US.

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  • February 3, 2021
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  • Authors, Blog, Home Slider, VALERY PERRY

The Myth of Incremental Education Reform in BiH

In this blog, Valery Perry dispels some myths to reduce the damage being done by intentional or simply ill-informed efforts to legitimize the political and instrumentalized ethno-national discrimination and segregation that continue to plague schools throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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  • January 26, 2021
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  • Authors, Blog, BODO WEBER, Home Slider

Making sense of Croatia’s destructive Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) policy

On December 19, 2020, the day before the Mostar local elections, DPC Senior Associate Bodo Weber gave the following interview to the Croatian news portal Index.hr, focusing on Mostar elections, Croat politics in BiH, as well as Croatia’s policy towards BiH.

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  • December 6, 2020
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  • Blog, GUEST AUTHORS, Home Slider

A Case of the Tail Wagging the Dog? Bulgaria, the EU and North Macedonia

Guest Author Tomasz Kamusella writes on Bulgaria’s veto of North Macedonia’s initiation of membership talks with the EU – and Bulgaria under Borisov’s apparent national ambitions.

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