Bosnia Votes Between Scars and an Unprecedented Confrontation Between Washington and Brussels
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8 Articles
El Periódico
The façade of a four-storey building preserves the smallpox of war: hundreds of shrapnel impacts sprinkle the grey plaster, between balconies and parabolic antennas. At its feet, a squeaky-colored graffiti covers the plinth, as if Sarajevo had covered one scar with another. Beyond that, beside the Miljacka River, a yellow tram rolls under the cables and the lanterns hang faces of smiling politicians along with the Bosnian flag.
More than 30 years have passed since the end of the war in BiH, and nationalism is still the only effective fuel in all three constituent nations in the election campaign. The international environment and relations between major world powers - the USA, Russia, China and the EU - but also regional actors, such as Turkey and Israel, complicate the security picture in BiH even more.
Key messages The fundamental question of the 2026 elections is whether Bosnia and Herzegovina (ByH) can move from an architecture designed primarily to end the war to another capable of effectively governing a European State in times of peace. The electoral dispute faces three different conceptions of the State: a more civic and functional Bosnia; a Bosnia based on guaranteed representation of Bosniacs, Croats and Serbs; and a highly decentraliz…
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