Most everyone is now talking about a possible deal emerging between Belgrade and Pristina concerning north Kosovo that recognizes its “peculiarity.” (It’s openly discussed even in Pristina.) Such an ...

This second miscalculation gives Aleksandar Vucic a lot of work to do. By David B. Kanin Milan Radoicic’s botched raid against Kosovo was ...

Kosovo – what might ‘Ahtisaari Plus’ look like? An ‘Ahtisaari Plus’ approach, offering a form of special autonomy for the north, could provide the basis for a compromise between Belgrade and Pristina; ...

There was a time when the Bosnian component of Yugoslavia seemed to have only two sides that mattered. The interwar struggle between the royalist Serb regime and Croatian leaders occasionally produced ...

The effects of extending presidential terms in Africa – the case of Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda Attempts to extend presidential terms in countries of the Great Lakes region such as Burundi, Uganda and ...

Reading carefully all the contributions and comments on constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I would like to offer a different perspective. I am not a diplomat, lawyer or academic. I am no ...

Living with the Islamic State Even if the Islamic State’s current modus operandi revolts us, the political logic to its existence remains firm. The West and the regional powers alike would now do best ...

Kosovo – the Ahtisaari plan redux The Ahtisaari plan – or something like it – will have to be part of any practical arrangement for the north of Kosovo, with the international community possibly ...

Sri Lanka – claims about the ‘Gash Despatches’ exposed What ongoing debate around ‘best estimates’ tend to obscure is the fact that the government has both the information and authority needed to form ...

As Bosnia is recovering from the latest crisis – once more the largest one since Dayton – it is useful to reflect on the underlying challenges Bosnia is facing today. When the late Richard Holbrooke ...

The initial purposes stated for the United Nations were exceedingly broad. They included maintaining international peace and security, and taking collective action to achieve that; developing friendly ...