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The fourth annual Sarajevo Security Conference begins in front a full house at the historic Vijećnica, at moment in which Bosnia, the region, and the transatlantic community stand astride an extraordinary combination of geopolitical inflection points. Let us lead with our values, friends.

Serbia’s President says the remains of genocidaire Mladic to arrive in the country today and that “tens of thousands” are expected to attend his funeral. There can be no illusions any longer about the nature of this regime, and its direct threat to Bosnia. www.nedeljnik.rs/vucic-preuze...

Vučić: Preuzeto Mladićevo telo, na sahrani se očekuju desetine hiljada ljudi - Nedeljnik

Predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić izjavio je danas da je telo preminulog generala Vojske Republike Srpske Ratka Mladića, osuđenog u Hagu za genocid i ratne zločine, preuzeto i da bi trebalo danas da ...

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The most detailed reporting to date on the full extent of Serb secessionist lobbying in the US: the Dodik regime has spent just under $20 million lobbying US officials since 2025 to support Dodik's tearing up of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Extraordinary. odgovor.ba/article/23656/

Objavljujemo detalje: RS na lobiranje za dvije godine potrošila 18,4 miliona dolara

Republika Srpska je tokom 2025. i 2026. godine potrošila najmanje 18,4 miliona dolara na mrežu od najmanje 14 lobističkih, pravnih i komunikacijskih firmi u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, pokazuju po...

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New BALKANOMNICON: I speak to Irvin Pekmez of @detektorba.bsky.social about his reporting on the right-wing lobbyists pushing for further sectarian fragmentation of Bosnia’s constitutional order in Brussels and DC. Now playing on all major streaming platforms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWGz...

E13 Irvin Pekmez: Advocates for a Third Entity

YouTube video by Portal !Odgovor

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good morning from Sarajevo, once more. I am looking forward to participating in the fourth annual Sarajevo Security Conference later this week. Above all, I am very proud of the team which has established this city a leading site for contemporary transatlantic debate. Onwards, friends.

“Ratko Mladić is dead, but Bosnia and Herzegovina is a sovereign, internationally recognized state whose capital, Sarajevo, is today one of the premier global destinations, a city of festivals and celebrations and life.” THIS is how you write about a monstrous war criminal.

I was asked by @newlinesmag.bsky.social to write about the death of Bosnian Serb genocidaire Ratko Mladić. He was a war criminal but above all he was a coward. And it is on his cowardice, and the courage of those he sought to exterminate, that we should reflect. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

Bojan Fürst @bojanfurst.bsky.social · 2w ago

The two chief Beijing-aligned governments in the Balkans are in Belgrade and Banja Luka. Both enjoy white glove treatment from the US, including the inexplicable decision to lift sanctions on the SNSD secessionist regime. Deeply damaging to US interests. www.rferl.org/a/robotics-s...

As US Bans Chinese Robots, Serbia Launches Mass Humanoid Production

Robotics company AGIBOT has begun producing humanoid robots as part of a Chinese/Serbian venture at a facility in western Serbia. The robots could appear in Serbia’s military within weeks, Belgrade cl...

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Really excellent. Best thing I read on the death of a convicted war criminal and genocidaire Ratko Mladić. May thousands of his victims rest in peace and the survivors find some small solace that he died as he lived - a pathetic coward. Thank you @jasminmuj.bsky.social for writing this.

New Lines Magazine@newlinesmag.bsky.social · 2w ago

Editor’s Pick: Ratko Mladić died last week, serving a life sentence for genocide. He tried to destroy Bosnia — its people, its history, its libraries, its very possibility as a country. Bosnia outlived him. @jasminmuj.bsky.social on the house Mladić could not destroy.

Serbia’s state security, clearly acting in response to genocidaire Mladic’s death, harassed the Bosnian national basketball team in transit through Belgrade and intentionally delayed their equipment to sabotage the team’s training ahead of a key World Cup qualifying tie. istraga.ba/nakon-sto-je...

Nakon što je Milorad Dodik naredio Laziću da napusti saigrače: BIA i policija Srbije na aerodromu u Beogradu zadržali opremu košarkaške reprezentacije BiH. Bh. igrači u Litvaniji "trenirali" bez dreso...

Službenici sigurnosnih agencija Republike Srbije (BIA i policija) naredili su zadržavanje opreme košarkaške reprezentacije Bosne i Hercegovine, saznaje Istraga.ba. Oprema je zadržana na beogradskom ae...

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The Iceland referendum result will not significantly influence the membership prospects of the Western Balkans, including Montenegro. Their odds of joining the EU in the near term (i.e. the next decade) remain at near-zero. Brussels and the capitals have made that clear.

It makes some people uncomfortable but I made the decision a while back that the vast array of issues I care about are little helped by my wearing 100 hats. I still donate and support myriad causes but I speak and write about only a small set because it's how I think I make the most impact.

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I appreciate the sentiments of many European officials today who say, in response to the glorification of the genocidaire Mladic, “this is why [this] Serbia does not belong in the EU.” I agree. But this is not sufficient.

Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 3w ago

The House Ratko Mladić Could Not Destroy

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Ratko Mladić, the commander in charge of the Srebrenica genocide and the architect of the siege of Sarajevo, died serving a life sentence in The Hague. In this powerful essay, @jasminmuj.bsky.social reflects on the house the “Butcher of Bosnia” could not destroy. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

The House Ratko Mladić Could Not Destroy

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3w ago

Serbia’s Justice Minister announces that genocidaire Ratko Mladic will be buried in the country with the highest state honors. It’s good that the Serbian government is doing this, so everyone can finally see the true, monstrous face of the Vucic regime. No illusions. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...

Sramota koja se nikada neće oprati: Srbija će sahraniti zločinca Mladića uz najviše državne počasti

Ministar pravde Srbije Nenad Vujić rekao je da će presuđeni ratni zločinac Ratko Mladić biti sahranjen u Srbiji uz najviše državni počasti.

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Worth remembering that Mladic was only able to accomplish his acts of astonishing evil because European countries and the US sat by and watched. With the British govt the most determined of all to avoid decisive action.

The convicted Bosnian Serb genocidaire Ratko Mladic has died in a prison cell. He has died in a prison cell, while despite all of his murderous efforts little Bosniak girls and little Bosniak boys are again being born all across Bosnia and Herzegovina. You lost, Ratko.

The genocidaire Ratko Mladic and his paymasters in Belgrade left Sarajevo a bloody ruin. A capital city starved and devastated for four years. Today, it is the pearl of Europe once more; the site of festivals, celebrations, graduations, joys great and plenty. You lost, Ratko.

Folks, the next episode of BALKANOMNICON has already been recorded, and still another will be recorded later today and you can expect more video content in the coming weeks to boot. Until then, have a listen to my recent chat with Jeta Loshaj re: Zelenskyy's controversial visit to Serbia.

On an all new episode of BALKANOMNICON I speak with Jeta Loshaj of the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS) about Zelenskyy's controversial visit to Belgrade. How has Ukraine's overture to Serbia been received in Pristina rss.com/podcasts/bal...

Last week I quipped that the increasing references to a ‘Belgian model’ for Bosnia and Herzegovina were strongly suggestive that advocates of the same had read neither Bosnian nor Belgian constitutions. For @odgovor.bsky.social I expand on this argument. odgovor.ba/article/22925/

Suddenly Royalists: The HDZ’s Belgian Fantasy

What would Belgium’s constitutional model really mean for Bosnia and Herzegovina—and why would it undermine the HDZ’s electoral demands?

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The US-Canada relationship will not be repaired in the near term, nor will the transatlantic relationship. That is to everyone’s detriment, Americans above all, if only because they are still least aware of the true cost.

The U.S. should recognize the secession of the RS entity from Bosnia because its population has collapsed, its leadership is in bed with the Chinese, so that an independent RS can recognize Kosovo and U.S. can build a military base outside of Banja Luka. Am I having a stroke?!