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Radicals will continue to press for Bosnia's break-up

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: BOSNIA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Bosnia-Hercegovina EUR Croatia EU Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Turkey United States BOSNIA

Topical: politics constitution government judicial referendum regional economy international relations espionage ethnic growth integration legislation peacekeeping police religion security
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2015), "Radicals will continue to press for Bosnia's break-up", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB207325

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Significance

Reports leave it unclear whether the meeting lifted the threat, which arose from RS claims that a SIPA raid in Bosanski Novi on December 10 infringed RS jurisdiction. SIPA searched offices and the police station and arrested five Serbs for alleged war crimes committed during the 1992-95 war. Mektic belongs to the Serb Democratic Party, which is in opposition in RS. Not cooperating with central bodies could also be a ploy to frustrate BiH-level investigations of misconduct in RS.

Impacts

Quarrels between Bosnian Serb politicians are escalating and risk upsetting Bosnia's constitutional and territorial integrity.
Since Bosnian Muslims are unwilling to give up any part of Bosnia's territory, a fresh outbreak of violence would probably follow.
US and EU mechanisms to protect Bosnia's constitutional and territorial integrity seem to have been abandoned.

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